Chlamydial antibodies in an elderly Finnish population

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Koivisto, Anna Liisa ^a   Isoaho, Raimo ^b   Von Hertzen, Leena ^c   Töyrylä, Marianne ^d   Laippala, Pekka ^e   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Saikku, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Finnish Lung Health Association   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032818427     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655499750006164     Document Type: Article

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