Chlamydial infection of the male baboon urethra.
Two adult male baboons (Papio cynocephalus) were infected by urethral catheter with a Type D strain of Chlamydia trachomatis isolated from a male patient with nongonococcal urethritis. Chlamydial organisms were shed from the urethra for about 90 days and serum antibody developed. Intraurethral re-inoculation of homologous and heterologous (Type I) strains of Chalmydia, 4 and 11 months later, resulted in relatively shorter periods of infection of less than 15 days. The antibody titres and type-specific patterns were not substantially influenced by re-infection.
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial