SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH

OBJECTIVE: To determine the seroprevalence rates of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) to Chlamydia trachomatis in Saudi pregnant women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a total of 1600 serum samples were tested for antibodies to Chlamydia trachom...

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Autores principales: Ghazi, Hani O., Daghestani, Mazin H., Mohamed, Mohamed F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012106
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine the seroprevalence rates of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) to Chlamydia trachomatis in Saudi pregnant women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a total of 1600 serum samples were tested for antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis known to cause a variety of clinical syndromes in women and newborn infants. RESULTS: Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies were detected in 8.7% and IgM antibodies were found in 1.5% of different age groups. CONCLUSION: Pregnant Saudi women have low prevalence rate of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies and lower prevalence for Chlamydia trachomatis IgM.
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spelling pubmed-34100652012-09-24 SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH Ghazi, Hani O. Daghestani, Mazin H. Mohamed, Mohamed F. J Family Community Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: To determine the seroprevalence rates of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) to Chlamydia trachomatis in Saudi pregnant women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a total of 1600 serum samples were tested for antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis known to cause a variety of clinical syndromes in women and newborn infants. RESULTS: Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies were detected in 8.7% and IgM antibodies were found in 1.5% of different age groups. CONCLUSION: Pregnant Saudi women have low prevalence rate of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies and lower prevalence for Chlamydia trachomatis IgM. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2006 /pmc/articles/PMC3410065/ /pubmed/23012106 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ghazi, Hani O.
Daghestani, Mazin H.
Mohamed, Mohamed F.
SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH
title SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH
title_full SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH
title_fullStr SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH
title_full_unstemmed SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH
title_short SEROPOSITIVITY OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG SAUDI PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKKAH
title_sort seropositivity of chlamydia trachomatis among saudi pregnant women in makkah
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012106
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