Prevalence of chlamydial antibody in Malaysians.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-1990

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Chlamydia Infections/epidemiology, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Malaysia/epidemiology

Publication Title

Journal of Clinical Pathology

ISSN

0021-9746

Divisions

fac_med

Volume

43

Issue

5

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group

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