Prevalence of chlamydial antibody in Malaysians.
A single antigen indirect immunofluorescence test was used to screen for chlamydial antibody among Malaysian infants, children, sexually active adults and prostitutes. Of 794 serum samples tested, 361 (45.5%) were positive. Seropositivity increased with age and sexual activity and ranged from 10 to...
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BMJ Publishing Group
1990
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/272/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC502444/?tool=pubmed |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaya |
| Summary: | A single antigen indirect immunofluorescence test was used to screen for chlamydial antibody among Malaysian infants, children, sexually active adults and prostitutes. Of 794 serum samples tested, 361 (45.5%) were positive. Seropositivity increased with age and sexual activity and ranged from 10 to 16% among children under 10 years old to 94.4% among prostitutes. Pregnant women and female adolescents showed a higher antibody prevalence than nonpregnant and older women. Six (13%) infants under 6 months of age were positive for chlamydial IgM. |
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