Antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae in healthy children from Bari, South Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-284

  Monno, R ^a   Di Bitonto, G ^a   Marcuccio, L ^b   Valenza, M ^a   Marcuccio, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE;

EID: 0032114197     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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