what is the relationaship bet trachoma and chlamydia conjunctivitis?
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"Chlamydia trachomatis" is the bacterial species that causes both of these, but there are multiple sub-groups called biovars.
Biovars A-C cause trachoma. Trachoma is an infection of the conjunctiva that scars and deforms the outside of the eye and is a major cause of blindness.
Biovars D-K cause the common sexually transmitted disease that most of us know as "Chlamydia" as well as conjunctivitis known as inclusion conjunctivitis.
Biovars L1, L2 and L3 cause a different, less common, sexually transmitted disease called lymphogranuloma venereum.
So the two are caused by closely related but different sub-groups of one bacterial species. The bacteria that cause ‘chlamydia’ and inclusion conjunctivitis do not cause trachoma and vice-versa. So they are separate but related, whether you do separate ppts is up to you.