title: Chlamydial genital infection in Algiers: a sero-epidemiological survey.
abstract: Using a microimmunofluorescence test, the prevalence of antichlamydial immunoglobulin (Ig) G in 720 people in Algiers was studied. 34 (36%) of women with low genital infection, 28 (30%) of 91 patients attending a cancer screening clinic, and 44 (100%) of prostitutes had antichlamydial IgG at a titre greater than or equal to 1:16. Among 180 women seeking a rubeola test, 48 (26.6%) had IgG titres greater than or equal to 1:16. 144 infants less than 3 months old were also tested and 16.6% of them had IgG titres greater than or equal to 1:160; 20 (20.7%) of 97 men with chronic urethritis had IgG titres greater than or equal to 1:16. Antibody titres suggesting active disease in prostitutes, patients attending the cancer screening clinic and women with low genital infection were found in 95%, 11% and 17% respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology of the Institut Pasteur D'Algérie, Algiers.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kadi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouguermouh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Djenaoui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Allouache
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dali
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hadji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014526:Urethritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G