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  • Title: Respiratory chlamydial infection based on experimental aerosol challenge of pigs with Chlamydia suis.
    Author: Sachse K, Grossmann E, Berndt A, Schütt C, Henning K, Theegarten D, Anhenn O, Reinhold P.
    Journal: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis; 2004 Jan; 27(1):7-23. PubMed ID: 14656538.
    Abstract:
    An experimental study of aerogeneous challenge in pigs was conducted in order to reveal characteristic features of porcine respiratory chlamydiosis. Eight conventionally raised pigs were exposed to a pathogenic strain of Chlamydia (C.) suis, four controls were mock infected. Besides pathological changes, the acute-phase and humoral immune responses, as well as the dissemination and transmission of the challenge strain was monitored in the course of infection. The data from clinical investigations, LPS-binding protein assay, antibody ELISAs, confocal laser scanning and light microscopy, immunohistochemical staining and PCR provided extensive evidence of the pathogenic potential of C. suis for the porcine respiratory system. This model appears suitable for further pathophysiological and immunological investigations of chlamydial respiratory infections and can also be recommended for studies of Chlamydia-associated infections of the human lung.
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