Chlamydia Pneumoniae: Difference between revisions
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| Species = [[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] <br> | | Species = [[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] <br> | ||
|'''NCBI: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=83558&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock Taxonomy] Genome: <font size="2">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=chlamydia+pneumoniae+genome Genome]</font>'''|} | |'''NCBI: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=83558&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock Taxonomy] Genome: <font size="2">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=chlamydia+pneumoniae+genome Genome]</font>'''|} | ||
===Description=== | |||
Chlamydophila pneumonia (TWAR) is a recently recognized third species of the genus Chlamydia that causes acute respiratory disease. The strain name TWAR was derived from the first conjunctival and respiratory isolates of the species (TW-183 and AR-39) (Grayston). | |||
==Pathogenesis== | ==Pathogenesis== |
Revision as of 16:33, 26 July 2015
Etiology/Bacteriology
Taxonomy
| Order = Chlamydiales
| Family = Chlamydiaceae
| Genus = Chlamydia
| Species = Chlamydia pneumoniae
|NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: Genome|}
Description
Chlamydophila pneumonia (TWAR) is a recently recognized third species of the genus Chlamydia that causes acute respiratory disease. The strain name TWAR was derived from the first conjunctival and respiratory isolates of the species (TW-183 and AR-39) (Grayston).
Pathogenesis
Infectious Dose, Incubation, Colonization
Transmission
Clinical Presentation
Symptoms
Morbidity
Associated Diseases
Alzheimer's Disease
Atherosclerosis
Treatment
Prevention
Host Immune Response
Damage Response Framework
References
References
Created by Erika Cummings, a student of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.