Prevalence of asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage of chlamydia pneumoniae in subjectively healthy adults: Assessment by polymerase chain reaction-enzyme immunoassay and culture

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1174-1178

  Hyman, Charles L ^a,b,c   Roblin, Patricia M ^a,b,c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a,b,c   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b,c   Schachter, Julius ^a,b,c   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a,b,c  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029040173     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/20.5.1174     Document Type: Article

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