Abstract
Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. We report here the first complete and annotated genome of a C. trachomatis trachoma-causing serovar C strain (strain TW-3). The chromosome and plasmid are 1,043,554 bp and 7,501 bp in length, respectively.
Highlights
Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide
This epidemiological pattern is essentially associated with C. trachomatis ocular serovars A and B [4], whereas serovar C seems relatively common in indigenous Australian communities [5, 6]
We report here the first complete and annotated sequence of a trachoma-causing C. trachomatis serovar C strain, TW-3
Summary
Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is the major cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections worldwide and is responsible for trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness. This epidemiological pattern is essentially associated with C. trachomatis ocular serovars A and B [4] (from the existent 15 major serovars), whereas serovar C seems relatively common in indigenous Australian communities [5, 6].
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