RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prevalence of antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis in healthy population groups in Manitoba
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1111
OP 1114
VO 129
IS 10
A1 N. Kordova
A1 J. C. Wilt
A1 L. Sekla
A1 C. Hannan
A1 T. W. Williams
A1 W. Stackiw
A1 R. Herchl
A1 S. Feltham
YR 1983
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/129/10/1111.abstract
AB The prevalence of antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis was determined in 1877 serum samples from healthy population groups of Caucasians, native Indians and recent Vietnamese immigrants in Manitoba. Testing was done with a commercially available immunofluorescence kit containing C. trachomatis antigen. The presence of antibodies was age-related; a progressive increase in prevalence was observed in children aged 1 to 15 years, and the overall prevalence was higher in female Caucasian blood donors and female Vietnamese immigrants than in males in both groups. However, there was no sex-related difference in prevalence among the subjects undergoing premarital testing or among the native Indians. Antibodies were more prevalent (p less than 0.001) in pregnant than in nonpregnant women matched for race and age, and a relatively high prevalence (66.6%) was found in the cord serum of newborns. The overall prevalence rate of antibodies in all Manitobans was 48.8% (44.9% in men, 55.9% in women and 35.3% in children.