Species specific chlamydiae antibodies in voluntary blood donors of Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 114, Issue NOV., 2001, Pages 164-168

  Satpathy, Gita ^a   Sharma, Anjana ^a   Vishalakshi, P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

C. psittaci; C. trachomatis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Cross reactive; Healthy blood donors; Microimmunofluorescence assay; Serotypes serovars; Species; Specific

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPOSURE; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD DONORS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035736015     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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