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The use of serological titres of IgA and IgG in (early) discrimination between rectal infection with non-lymphogranuloma venereum and lymphogranuloma venereum serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Jul 2007
van der Snoek Eric M, Ossewaarde Jacobus M, van der Meijden Willem I, Mulder Paul G H, Thio H Bing
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether serological titres of species-specific IgA and IgG antibodies in patients with rectal chlamydial infection could discriminate between infection with serovar L2 lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) and infection with non-LGV serovars. METHODS: A total of 39 male patients with chlamydial infection of the rectum were tested for titres of IgA and IgG antibodies within 14 days after...
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