Frequency of coexistenc of cytomegalovirus and Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherodclerotic plaques

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-73

  Qavi, H B ^a   Melnick, J L ^b   Adam, E ^b   Debakey, M E ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Chlamydia pneumoniae; CMV

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033625392     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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