Antibody levels toMycoplasma pneumoniaein sera collected from healthy blood donors of Wellington, New Zealand, during 1976–80
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 96 (2) , 249-255
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002217240006602x
Abstract
SUMMARY: The sera of healthy blood donors from the Wellington area of New Zealand, collected between 1976 and 1980, were analysed by the complement fixation test for antibody toMycoplasma pneumoniae. A high prevalence of antibody to this organism was demonstrated and the occurrence of anM. pneumoniaeepidemic in New Zealand within the survey period was shown to be reflected i the immune status of this healthy adult population. This would suggest that during an epidemic many people within the Wellington community may haveM. pneumoniaeinfections involving littl overt illness.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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