title: [Prevalence of anti-Yersinia enterocolitica antibodies in an open population of the city of Rome].
abstract: This work shows the results of a seroepidemiological study of a group of 691 apparently healthy individuals: 246 males and 445 females from a Rome out-patient consulting center. 72 individuals (10.42%) were found positive with an antibody titer from 1:20 to 1:40. The percentages regarding the sexes and also those regarding the age groups did not show significant differences. The results of the research demonstrate a limited diffusion of Yersinia enterocolitica infection in the area under scrutiny. The results are correlated with those of similar researches.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Igiene G. Sanarelli, Università degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sebastiani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Annicchiarico Petruzzelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guglielmi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maldarizzi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012384:Rome / Q000453:epidemiology; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Prevalenza di anticorpi anti yersinia enterocolitica in una popolazione aperta della città di Roma.