Antibodies to chlamydia species in patients attending a genitourinary clinic and the impact of antibodies to c. Pneumoniae and c. psittaci on the sensitivity and the specificity of c. trachomatis serology tests

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 61-65

  Moss, Timothy R ^a,b   Darougar, Sohrab ^a,b   Woodland, Ralph M ^a,b   Nathan, Mayura ^a,b   Dines, R J ^a,b   Cathrine, V ^a,b  

^a DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CROSS REACTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0027483382     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199303000-00001     Document Type: Article

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