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A species in this genus incorporates itself into inclusion membranes through the action of Inc proteins. A pathogen in this genus alternates between elementary body and reticulate body life cycle (10[1])phases. (-5[1])The spread of this genus (10[1])in one host species is largely facilitated by immunosuppression from the retrovirus KoRV. After detection with a NAAT assay, a disease caused by this genus can be treated with a combo of azithromycin (-5[1])and a weeklong (-5[1])regimen of doxy·cycline. It’s not Neisseria (“ny-SUR-ee-uh”), but untreated infections of this genus (-5[1])are the most common causes of PID in women (-5[1])and epididymitis (-5[3])in men. (-5[2])This genus causes the eyelids to turn inwards in a symptom (10[1])called trachoma (“truh-KO-muh”) and infects nearly all koalas. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name this (10[1])blindness-inducing (10[2]-5[1])bacterial genus that causes the most common (10[1])sexually transmitted infection (10[1])in the US. (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[3])

ANSWER: chlamydia [accept Chlamydia trachomatis]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2492%0%50%117.68

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Moses KitakuleColumbia AStanford2910
Andrew WangIllinois ANorthwestern30-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL AWaterloo A3510
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaYale68-5
Tiffany ZhouFloridaArizona State71-5
Andy HuffLSEWUSTL B83-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaHarvard92-5
Jonathan HuangMITGeorgia Tech94-5
Rachel FanousMichiganVanderbilt94-5
Adam FineChicago ANorth Carolina A94-5
Kushal AluruRutgersUC Berkeley A96-5
Jakob MyersIndianaToronto A96-5
Henry BonWinona StateOhio State10710
David BassJohns HopkinsToronto B114-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaColumbia B11410
Orion KellerVirginia TechToronto C11610
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BBritish Columbia11710
Mitch McCullarPenn StateWaterloo B11710
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BNorth Carolina B11910
Ryan RosenbergNYUGeorgia State120-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateCornell A12010
Chris ScheriRITUCF12010
Alan XieYaleOttawa12710
Isaac MammelMarylandCornell B13010
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechMIT13310
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltMichigan13310
Bryan UgazArizona StateFlorida13410
Athena ShaddenTexasChicago B1340
Liam StarnesChicago BTexas1340
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateNYU13410
Collin NadarajahWUSTL BLSE1340
James McCurleyHarvardMinnesota13410
Jim FanNorth Carolina AChicago A13410
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternIllinois A13410
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley ARutgers13410
Tony ChenToronto AIndiana13410
Wenying WuToronto BJohns Hopkins13410