Antibody response to Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in children with respiratory illness

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 720-724

  Kutlin, Andrei ^a   Roblin, Patricia M ^a   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031886408     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514223     Document Type: Article

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