Combined detection of Chlamydia trachomatis-specific antibodies against the 10 and 60-kDa heat shock proteins as a diagnostic tool for tubal factor infertility: Results from a case-control study in Cameroon

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Dadamessi, Innocenti ^a   Eb, François ^b   Betsou, Fotini ^b  

^a Centre hospitalier de Peronne   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Heat shock proteins; Tubal infertility

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 10; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAMEROON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAPERONIN 10; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 20544456988     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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