Prevalence of Chlamydophila pneumoniae among Bangladeshi children under age 5 years with acute respiratory infections

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-144

  Matsumoto, Tetsuya ^a   Matsumura, Katsumi ^b   Anwar, Kazi Selim ^c   Mollah, Abid Hossain ^d   Murakami, Hinako ^e   Kobayashi, Intetsu ^f   Kawagoe, Kiyotaka ^g   Shiga, Sadashi ^h   Kishimoto, Toshio ^h   Nahar, Nazmun ^d   Tateda, Kazuhiro ^e   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^e  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oguni Public Hospital   (Japan)

^c Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^d DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^g HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Bangladesh; Child; Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745777386     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-006-0441-3     Document Type: Article

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