Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection among young children with respiratory diseases in Thailand

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 146-150

  Wangroongsarb, Piyada ^a   Geenkajorn, Kanonkporn ^a   Pektkanchanapong, Wimol ^a   Vedjapoom, Apiram ^a   Kusum, Mayura ^a   Hagiwara, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; THROAT CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0344824604     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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