Immunoepidemiologic Profile of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: Importance of Heat-Shock Protein 60 and Interferon-[gamma]

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 192; no. 4; p. 591
• Main Authors: Cohen, Craig R, Koochesfahani, Kasra M, Meier, Amalia S, Shen, Caixia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 15.08.2005

Epidemiological, animal, and in vitro investigations suggest that Chlamydia trachomatis infection engenders acquired immunity, the basis for which is incompletely defined, especially in humans. In a prospective cohort study of women at high risk for C. trachomatis infection, we found that, at baseli...