Seroprevalencia de Legionella pneumophila en Santiago: evidencias de exposición durante la infancia
| Autor: | Teresa Lobos M, Catlerina Ferreccio R, Rodrigo Moreno B, Jimena Ovalle P, Paula Piemonte L, Pablo Vial C |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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education.field_of_study
Indirect immunofluorescence biology business.industry Population prevalencia Prevalence fluorcscencia Serum samples inmunocnsayo Legionella pneumophila Antigen anticuerpos Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health biology.protein Medicine Antibody education business Population based survey Demography |
| Zdroj: | Revista chilena de pediatría v.65 n.4 1994 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| Popis: | Evidence of past exposure to i. pneumcphila was evaluated in a 1 20 chiiean subjects less than 20 yeais old stratified by socioeconomic background and age. Serum samples were analyzed for /. pneumophila antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence using serogroup 1 to 6 antigens; tilers equal or greatci than 1:64 were considered positive. Overall, 1 2 out of 1 20 samples (10%) were positive for (. pneumcphila antibodies and different prevalence rates were recorded among individuals of low [0/40], middle (2/40; 5%} and high j 10/40; 25%) socioeconomic groups. The highest liters observed in this heallhy population based survey were 1:128. High socioeconomic background is associated with highest prevalence of anfi-i. pneumophila antibodies in chilean population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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