Chlamydia trachomatis-infected patients display variable antibody profiles against the nine-member polymorphic membrane protein family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3218-3226

  Tan, Chun ^a   Hsia, Ru Ching ^a   Shou, Huizhong ^a   Haggerty, Catherine L ^b   Ness, Roberta B ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^d   Dean, Deborah ^e,f,g,h   Scurlock, Amy M ⁱ   Wilson, David P ^j   Bavoil, Patrik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651233699     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01566-08     Document Type: Article

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