A Genital Infection-Attenuated Chlamydia muridarum Mutant Infects the Gastrointestinal Tract and Protects against Genital Tract Challenge
ABSTRACT Chlamydia spp.productively infect mucosal Dusters epithelial cells of multiple anatomical sites, including the conjunctiva, lungs, gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and urogenital tract.We, and others, previously established that chlamydial GI tropism is mediated by distinct chromosomal and plasmid factors.In this study, we describe a genital i