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Effect of lysozyme on thein vitro infectivity ofChlamydia trachomatis

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Lysozyme in concentrations up to seven times those found in human tears did not reduce thein vitro infectivity ofChlamydia trachomatis serotypes A, B, C, F, and L-1, using three different procedures for exposing the infectiveC. trachomatis inoculum to lysozyme.

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  1. William D. Welch

    Present address: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., 75235, Dallas, Texas, USA

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 101 City Drive South, 92668, Organge, California, USA

    William D. Welch, Wayne Polek & Lauri Thrupp

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Welch, W.D., Polek, W. & Thrupp, L. Effect of lysozyme on thein vitro infectivity ofChlamydia trachomatis . Current Microbiology 8, 293–296 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01577730

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