EXPERIMENTS IN HUMAN VOLUNTEERS WITH TRACHOMA AND INCLUSION CONJUNCTIVITIS AGENT

Trachoma and Inclusion Conjunctivitis

Staining of the inclusion bodies of trachoma and inclusion conjunctivitis.

THE first description of the inclusion bodies of trachoma was made by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek following the examination of Giemsa-stained scrapings from the conjunctivae of baboons which had been inoculated with secretions from trachomatous patients (cf. Julianelle, 1938). Since then Giemsa and its modifications have held prime place as a means of demonstrating these structures and this...

Trachoma and Conjunctivitis

Imtiaz A. Chaudhry1, Yonca O. Arat2 and Waleed Al-Rashed3 1Senior Academic Consultant, Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon Oculoplastic and Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh 2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin 3Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist, Division of Anterior Segment King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospit...

Trachoma-Inclusion Conjunctivitis and Lymphogranuloma Venereum Organisms in HeLa Cells: Sialic Acid Residues

The infectivity of trachoma-inclusion conjunctivitis (TRIC) organisms (TW-5) was enhanced by pretreatment of HeLa cell monolayers before inoculation with diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-dextran (30 ,g/ml) and poly-l-lysine (10 gg/ml) and inhibited by dextran sulphate (250 ,g/ml), fetuin (4%), ovomucoid (5%), N-acetyl neuraminic acid (0.5%), and Cholera vibrio neuraminidase (100 U/ml). The infectivity ...

Inclusion bodies in trachoma.

THE epithelial-cell inclusion, which is characteristically found in the early stages of trachoma was first described by Halberstaedter and Prowazek (1907). Since that time, a considerable literature concerning the nature of these bodies has accumulated. It is generally conceded that they consist of virus particles together with material elaborated by the virus and/or produced by the parasitized...