Respiratory chlamydial infections in a Hong Kong teaching hospital and association with coronary heart disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 104, 1997, Pages 30-33

  Thomas, G Neil ^a   Scheel, Olaf ^a   Koehler, Ann P ^a   Bassett, David C J ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030611319     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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