Infections of Chlamydia pneumoniae
Thera are a couple of important human pathogens in the family of Chlamydiaceae. Distinct serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis lead to sexually-transmitted disease and eye infections as opposed to C. pneumoniae (TWAR) is a typical cause of community-acquired respiratory infection. Chlamydia has a type III secretion system essential for delivery of effector proteins in to the host for host-cell interactions.