Genetic Variation in C. trachomatis. A number of chlamydial virulence factors, such as the chlamydial protease activity factor (CPAF/CT858) and the GroEL (CT110)–GroES (CT111) operon, apparently ...

Genetic variations in C. trachomatis enable the pathogen to evade and survive the host immune response, compete with other bacteria or grow in a suitable environment within the host; while genetic ...

Furthermore, the presence of Torquetenovirus, N. gonorrhea, and C. trachomatis infections had a significant impact on the abundance of various bacteria in the anorectal microbiome.