Chlamydia trachomatis infection in mothers with preterm delivery and in their newborn infants

APMIS

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 636-640

  Gencay, Mesut ^a,b   Koskiniemi, Marjaleena ^a,c   Fellman, Vineta ^c   Ämmälä, Pirkko ^d   Vaheri, Antti ^a,b   Puolakkainen, Mirja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis antibodies; Intrauterine infection; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UTERINE CERVIX; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034815573     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2001.d01-186.x     Document Type: Article

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