Ngeow, Y.F. and Rachagan, S.P. and Ramachandran, S. (1990) Prevalence of chlamydial antibody in Malaysians. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 43 (5). pp. 400-2. ISSN 0021-9746, DOI 2196283.
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chlamydia Infections/epidemiology; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Malaysia/epidemiology |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Faizal Hamzah |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2011 04:45 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2017 07:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/272 |
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