High titers of Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies in Brazilian women with tubal occlusion or previous ectopic pregnancy

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Machado, A C S ^a   Guimaraes E M B ^a   Sakurai, E ^b   Fioravante, F C R ^a   Amaral, W N ^a   Alves, M F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CELL INCLUSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250809793     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/24816     Document Type: Article

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