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  Česky / Czech version Cent. Eur. J. publ. Health 8, 2000, No. 3, p. 170–171
 
PARTICIPATION OF CHLAMYDIA CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIAE IN AN EPIDEMIC OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN SLOVAKIA 
Kováčová E. 1 , Kazár J. 2 

1 Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
 


Summary:

       In human sera collected in three regions of Slovakia during an epidemic of respiratory infections, both genus-specific chlamydial and species-specific anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies, as detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and microimmunofluores- cence test, respectively, were found. Based on seroconversion or significant rise of antibody titers and detection of antibodies of IgM class, an acute C. pneumoniae infection was indicated in 21 of 298 (7.0 %) patients tested. The results obtained bring the first evidence on the role of C. pneumoniae as respiratory pathogen in Slovakia.

        Key words: Chlamydia pneumoniae, antibody detection, human sera, respiratory infection
       

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