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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES  (1999)

Seroprevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Chile

Martínez M.A.; Pinto M.E.; Kogan R.; Vidal C.; huppo h; Silva J.J.

Keywords: chile, prevalence, infections, antibody, infection, disease, bacterial, humans, human, male, immunofluorescence, aged, tissue, sex, adult, female, chlamydia, infant, article, difference, child, seroprevalence, adolescent, endemic, immunoglobulin, pneumoniae, preschool, clinical, studies, study, middle, Child,, major, and, G, Antibodies,, Aged,, 80, over, Chlamydophila, symptom, Seroepidemiologic

Abstract

We used microimmunofluorescence to survey the prevalence of antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae in 403 serum samples from asymptomatic subjects aged 6 months to 89 y in Santiago, Chile. The results suggest that Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is endemic in Chile, with a seroprevalence of 60% which does not differ by gender.

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Título de la Revista: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volumen: 31
Número: 1
Editorial: TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
Fecha de publicación: 1999
Página de inicio: 103
Página final: 104
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