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Original Article

Inapparent ocular infection by Chlamydia trachomatis in experimental and human trachoma

Alan P. Hudson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University and Woodland Avenues, PA, 19104; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, 3300 Henry Avenue, PA, 19129
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Catherine M. McEntee Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, 3300 Henry Avenue, PA, 19129
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Mark Reacher Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolf Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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Judith A. Whittum-Hudson Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolf Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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Hugh R. Taylor Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolf Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
Pages 279-283 | Received 28 Oct 1991, Accepted 28 Feb 1992, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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