after trachoma. It is transmitted to humans through the bites of infective black flies, primarily found in riverine areas. The disease primarily affects rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa and ...

Examples include chlamydia, crabs, and genital herpes. Treatment depends on the type of STI. HIV has other routes of transmission. For example, this STI can spread through the use of unsterilized ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Funding for neglected tropical diseases has declined in the post-pandemic era. But can shifting perspectives and different funding architecture ensure progress continues to be made?

we hypothesized that the accumulation of c-di-AMP during the developmental cycle might be a trigger for secondary differentiation in Chlamydia (Fig. 1B). Once a threshold concentration of c-di-AMP has ...

Institute for Functional Microbial Genomics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany Secreted clusterin is a host-cell binding partner ...

"The fear of going blind worries me whenever the pain strikes." Trachoma is caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which is spread through contact with the eyes or nose of ...

"The fear of going blind worries me whenever the pain strikes." Trachoma is caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which is spread through contact with the eyes or nose of ...

Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque.

Chlamydia symptoms typically depend on the parts of the body where the sexually transmitted infection (STI) occurs. You might experience anal or penile discharge if these organs are involved, or you ...