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Outbreak ofChlamydia pneumoniae infection in four farm families

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The epidemiology ofChlamydia pneumoniae infection was studied in an outbreak in four farm families living close together in Denmark. Eleven of 20 members of the families studied had bronchitis or pneumonia characteristic ofChlamydia pneumoniae infection. Serologic evidence ofChlamydia pneumoniae as causative agent was strengthened by a high incidence of epidemic infection. Transmission within families and a high frequency of disease versus asymptomatic infection are two findings which deviate from epidemiological patterns ofChlamydia pneumoniae infection as currently known.

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  1. Virus Department, Statens Seruminstitut, Artillerivej 5, 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark

    C. H. Mordhorst

  2. Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    S. P. Wang

  3. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA

    J. T. Grayston

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Mordhorst, C.H., Wang, S.P. & Grayston, J.T. Outbreak ofChlamydia pneumoniae infection in four farm families. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 617–620 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01961668

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