Seroprevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Chile
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (1) , 103-104
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00365549950162005
Abstract
We used microimmunofluorescence to survey the prevalence of antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae in 403 serum samples from asymptomatic subjects aged 6 months to 89 y in Santiago, Chile. The results suggest that Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is endemic in Chile, with a seroprevalence of 60% which does not differ by gender.Keywords
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