Frequency and magnitude of chlamydia trachomatis elementary body- and heat shock protein 60-Stimulated interferon γ responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and endometrial biopsy samples from women with high exposure to infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1771-1779

  Ondondo, Beatrice O ^a,e   Brunham, Robert C ^b   Harrison, William G ^d   Kinyari, Teresa ^a   Sheth, Prameet M ^c   Mugo, Nelly R ^a   Cohen, Craig R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; CHAPERONIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROSTITUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PROSTITUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650501827     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599095     Document Type: Article

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