Non-detection of Chlamydia species in carotid atheroma using generic primers by nested PCR in a population with a high prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody - Concepedia

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Non-detection of Chlamydia species in carotid atheroma using generic primers by nested PCR in a population with a high prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody

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2001

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Grace Ong, Peter Coyle, A A B Barros D'Sa, W. Glenn McCluggage, W. Paul Duprex, Hugh J. O'Neill, Dorothy E Wyatt, Kathleen B. Bamford, Bernie O’Loughlin, Conall McCaughey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Abstract

We were unable to show an association between the presence of Chlamydia spp. and atheroma in carotid arteries in the presence of a high seroprevalence of C. pneumoniae antibodies in Northern Ireland.

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