Association of uterine and salpingeal fibrosis with chlamydial Hsp60 and Hsp10 antigen-specific antibodies in Chlamydia-infected koalas

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 632-639

  Higgins, Damien P ^a   Hemsley, Susan ^a   Canfield, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 10; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; KOALA; MARSUPIAL; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGEAL FIBROSIS; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; UTERUS FIBROSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 10; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATION; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 23944451143     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.5.632-639.2005     Document Type: Article

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