Seroprevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in asthmatic children from Northern India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-136

  Wazir, Sanjay ^a   Kumar, Lata ^a   Sethi, Sunil ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chronic asthma; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33847064304     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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