Study of the phylogenetic diversity of Chlamydia suis and of the role of their polymorphic membrane proteins in the molecular pathogenesis in pigs and in zoonotic transfer from pigs to humans Ghent University
Chlamydia suis causes reproductive failure, conjunctivitis, enteritis and pneumonia in pigs. Tetracycline resistant C. suis strains are emerging. The infection is transmittable to humans as we recently isolated C. suis from the eyes of abattoir personnel. There is no vaccine. There are biological differences between C. suis strains. Recently, we annotated the genome of a C. suis strain which caused severe economic loss due to reproductive ...