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Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae specific antibodies in different clinical situations and healthy subjects in Izmir, Turkey

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Serological markers for Chlamydia pneumoniae were investigated by using the microimmunofluorescence (MIF) test in various age and patient groups in a specific area in Turkey. IgG seropositivity to C. pneumoniae was 64.3% and 18.7% in healthy adults and children, respectively. The highest positivity rate (77%) was in the 15–19 age group. Among the groups investigated, serological findings revealed a possible etiological association between C. pneumoniae and the clinical condition in the groups with acute myocardial infarction, atypical pneumoniae and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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  1. Haartman Institute, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland

    M. Gencay & M. Puolakkainen

  2. Department of Experimental Surgery and Research, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

    D. Dereli

  3. Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    E. Ertem, D. Serter & Beril Özbakkaloglu

  4. National Public Health Institute, Oulu, Finland

    P. Saikku

  5. Emergency Cardiology, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    the Study Group: Bahar Boydak

  6. State Hospital of Respiratory Diseases, Izmir, Turkey

    Sevket Dereli & Arzu Yorgancioglu

  7. Department of Pediatrics, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Ece Tez

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Gencay, M., Dereli, D., Ertem, E. et al. Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae specific antibodies in different clinical situations and healthy subjects in Izmir, Turkey. Eur J Epidemiol 14, 505–509 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007404315879

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