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To explore the underlying anti-chlamydial mechanisms of azelastine.<\/jats:p>\n \n Methodology.<\/jats:bold> We assessed the specificity of azelastine for the chlamydial species and host cell type, the timing of azelastine application and whether the anti-chlamydial effects could be reproduced with different H1R-modulating compounds.<\/jats:p>\n \n Results.<\/jats:bold> We observed similar anti-chlamydial azelastine effects for \n \n Chlamydia muridarum<\/jats:ext-link>\n <\/jats:named-content>\n <\/jats:italic> as well as for an ocular CT strain in human conjunctival epithelial cells (ocular infection model). Pre-incubating host cells with azelastine before infection mildly reduced chlamydial inclusion numbers and infectivity. Incubation of cells with azelastine initiated concomitantly with the chlamydial infection, or initiated several hours post-infection, reduced inclusion size, number and infectivity, and altered chlamydial morphology. 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