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Identification of Parachlamydiaceae DNA in nasal and rectal passages of healthy dairy cattle (2021)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Hearn, J., Livingstone, M., Flockhart, A., Dagleish, M., & Longbottom, D. (2022). Identification of Parachlamydiaceae DNA in nasal and rectal passages of healthy dairy cattle. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 132(4), 2642-2648. https://doi

Aims The order Chlamydiales comprises a broad range of bacterial pathogens and endosymbionts, which infect a wide variety of host species. Within this order, members of the family Parachlamydiaceae, which includes Parachlamydia and Neochlamydia spec... Read More about Identification of Parachlamydiaceae DNA in nasal and rectal passages of healthy dairy cattle.

Q fever and early pregnancy failure: a Scottish case control study (2021)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Kemp, S., Halliday, J. E. B., Tingas, E. A., Duncan, W. C., & Horne, A. W. (2022). Q fever and early pregnancy failure: a Scottish case control study. Reproduction and Fertility, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1530/raf-21-0072

Efficacy of two Chlamydia abortus subcellular vaccines in a pregnant ewe challenge model for ovine enzootic abortion (2021)
Journal Article
Livingstone, M., Ranjan Wattegedera, S., Palarea-Albaladejo, J., Aitchison, K., Corbett, C., Sait, M., …Longbottom, D. (2021). Efficacy of two Chlamydia abortus subcellular vaccines in a pregnant ewe challenge model for ovine enzootic abortion. Vaccines

Chlamydia abortus, the aetiological agent of enzootic abortion of ewes, is a major cause of reproductive loss in small ruminants worldwide, accounting for significant economic losses to the farming industry. Disease can be managed through the use of... Read More about Efficacy of two Chlamydia abortus subcellular vaccines in a pregnant ewe challenge model for ovine enzootic abortion.

Chlamydia inhibits progesterone receptor mRNA expression in SHT-290 cells (2021)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Rae, M., & Wheelhouse, N. (2021). Chlamydia inhibits progesterone receptor mRNA expression in SHT-290 cells. Reproduction and Fertility, 2(1), 9-11. https://doi.org/10.1530/RAF-20-0069

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in the UK, with over 200,000 positive diagnoses annually. The infection is thought to cause reproductive complications including problems in conceiving a pregnancy th... Read More about Chlamydia inhibits progesterone receptor mRNA expression in SHT-290 cells.