Epidemiology of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a randomly selected population in a developed country

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-116

  O'Neill, C ^c   Murray, L J ^b   Ong, G M L ^c   O'Reilly, D P J ^c   Evans, A E ^c   Bamford, K B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033034321     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001757     Document Type: Article

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