Seroprevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Chile.
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.
Martínez
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Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Programa de Microbiologia, Santiago.
Kogan
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Silva
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Pinto
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Vidal
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Huppo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G