The sequence of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar A was published and released by the Chlamydial Pathogenesis Section of the Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites (LICP) at Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML Hamilton, Montana) with the assistance Integrated Genomics Inc.. Chlamydia trachomatis infection is an important cause of preventable blindness and sexually transmitted disease in humans. The complete and published sequence of the second genome now allows researchers to investigate the genetics behind the preference of different variants of this parasite to cause disease in either the eye or the urogenital tract. The complete sequence also allows the investigation of novel vaccine strategies and the discovery of diagnostics that can discriminate between ocular and genital strains. (Infect Immun. 2005 Oct;73(10):6407-18.)
