[Complement-fixing antibodies to chlamydia in the population (author's transl)].
2,213 sera of normal persons and of men with nongonococcal urethritis were tested by CF. 4.5% of the males, 9.2% of the females, and 10.8% of the urethritis-patients had titers of 1 : greater than or equal to 16 when tested against a group-specific chlamydial antigen. The usefullness of the CFT for seroepidemiological studies was confirmed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000276:immunology*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014526:Urethritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
Uber das Vorkommen komplementbindender Antikörper gegen Chlamydien in der Bevölkerung.