Like certain other bacterial pathogens, chlamydiae induce epithelial cells—in this case, those lining genital tracts, eyelids or lungs—to absorb them within a membrane-bound sac, or vacuole.
Like certain other bacterial pathogens, chlamydiae induce epithelial cells—in this case, those lining genital tracts, eyelids or lungs—to absorb them within a membrane-bound sac, or vacuole.
一如某些病原菌，披衣菌会诱使上皮细胞利用由细胞膜包围而成的囊泡，将自己纳入细胞内；对披衣菌而言，主要的感染对象是生殖道、眼睑或肺脏的表皮细胞。