Sowa J, Collier L H, Sowa S
J Hyg (Lond). 1974 Jun;72(3):389-95. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400023627.
Of 60 TRIC agents isolated from Gambian children with trachoma, 25 were serotype 1 and the remainder type 2. There was a pronounced difference in the proportions of these types in the two villages studied. In the village with a predominance of type 2 strains, TRIC agents remained confined to 2 adjacent compounds over a 14 month observation period. All 19 type 1 strains examined were characterized by the appearance in yolk sac smears of compact aggregates of elementary bodies; such aggregates were seen in only 2 of 35 type 2 strains, and may reflect a chemical difference in the surface of the elementary bodies or in a substance elaborated during their replication.
从冈比亚患沙眼儿童中分离出的60株沙眼包涵体结膜炎病原体(TRIC)中,25株为血清型1,其余为血清型2。在两个研究村庄中,这些类型的比例存在显著差异。在以血清型2菌株为主的村庄,在14个月的观察期内,TRIC病原体一直局限于相邻的2个居住区。所检测的19株血清型1菌株的特征是,卵黄囊涂片上出现原体紧密聚集体;在35株血清型2菌株中,只有2株出现这种聚集体,这可能反映了原体表面或其复制过程中产生的一种物质的化学差异。