Advanced search
Publication Cover
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 32, 2000 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
11
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae in Elderly People: A Two-decade Longitudinal and Cohort Difference Study

Judy Gnarpe, Håkan Gnarpe, Ingrid Gause-Nilsson, Per Lundborg, Bertil Steen Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2H7
Pages 177-179 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

  • Grayston JT, Kuo CC, Campbell LA, Wang SP. Chlamydia pneumoniae sp. Nov. for Chlamydia sp. Strain TWAR. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 89: 88–90.
  • Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H, Sundelöf B. Endemic prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in subjectively healthy persons. Scand J Infect Dis 1991; 23: 387–8.
  • Grayston JT. Infections caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15: 757–63.
  • Burney P, Forsey T, Darougar S, Sittampalam Y, Booth P, Chamberlain R. The epidemiology of Chlamydia pneumoniae infections in childhood: a serological investigation. Int J Epidemiol 1984; 13: 491–5.
  • Normann E, Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H, Wettergren B. Chlamydia pneumoniae in children with acute respiratory infections. Acta Paediatr 1998; 97: 23–7.
  • Falck G, Engstrand I, Gad A, Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H, Laurila A. Demonstration of Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with chronic pharyngitis. Scand J Infect Dis 1997; 29: 585–9.
  • Falck G, Heyman L, Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H. Chlamydia pneumoniae and chronic pharyngitis. Scand J Infect Dis 1995; 27:
  • Falck G, Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H. Persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a Swedish family. Scand J Infect Dis 1996; 28: 271–3.
  • Shor A, Kuo CC, Patton DL. Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the coronary artery atheroma plaque. South Afr Med J 1992; 82: 158–61.
  • Maas M, Bartels C, Engel PM, Mamat U, Sievers HH. Endovascular presence of viable Chlamydia pneumoniae is a common phenomenon in coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31: 827–32.
  • Ramirez J. Isolation of Chlamydia pneumoniae (C pn) from the coronary artery of a patient with coronary atherosclerosis. The Chlamydia pneumoniae/Atherosclerosis Study Group. Ann Int Med 1996; 125: 979–82.
  • Kuo CC, Grayston JT, Campbell LA, Goo YA, Wissler RW, Benditt EP. Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) in coronary arteries of young adults (15–34 years old). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995; 92: 6911–4.
  • Fagerberg B, Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H, Agewall S, Wikstrand J. Chlamydia pneumoniae but not cytomegalovirus antibodies are associated with future risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Stroke 1999; 30: 299–305.
  • Rinder L, Roupe S, Steen B, Svanborg A. 70-year-old people in Gothenburg. A population study in an industrialized Swedish city: I. General design of the study. Acta Med Scand 1975; 198: 397–407.
  • Steen B, Djurfeldt H. The gerontological and geriatric population studies in Gothenburg, Sweden. Z Gerontol 1993; 26: 163–9.
  • Karvonen M, Tuomilehto J, Pitkäniemi J, Naukkarinen A, Saikku P. Importance of smoking for Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity. Int J Epidemiol 1994; 23: 1315–21.
  • Falck G, Heyman L, Gnarpe J, Gnarpe H. Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR): a common agent in acute bronchitis. Scand J Infect Dis 1994; 26: 179–87.
  • Ekman MR, Leinonen M, Syrjälä H, Linnanmäki E, Kujala P, Saikku P. Evaluation of serological methods in the diagnosis of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia during an epidemic in Finland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1993; 12: 756–60.
  • Gnarpe H, Gnarpe J. Increasing prevalence of specific antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae in Sweden. Lancet 1993; 341: 381.
  • Gnarpe H, Gnarpe J, Lundbäck A. Evidence of two waves of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in Gavle 1990–1996. Scand J Infect Dis 1999; 31: 83–6.
  • Orr PH, Peeling RW, Fast M, Brunka J, Duckworth H, Harding GKM, et al. Serological study of responses to selected pathogens causing respiratory tract infections in the institutionalized elderly. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 23: 1240–5.
  • Troy CJ, Peeling RW, Ellis AG, Hockin JC, Bennett DA, Murphy MR, et al. Chlamydia pneumoniae as a new source of infectious outbreaks in nursing homes. JAMA 1997; 277: 1214–8.
  • Saikku P, Leinonen M, Tenkanen L, Linnanmäki E, Ekman MR, Manninen V, et al. Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in the Helsinki Heart Study. Ann Int Med 1992; 116: 273–8.
  • Shemer-Avni Y, Lieberman D. Chlamydia pneumoniae-induced ciliostasis in ciliated bronchial epithelial cells. J Inf Dis 1995; 171: 1274–8.
  • Von Hertzen L, Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M, Isoaho R, Saikku P. Humoral immune response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in twins discordant for smoking. J Int Med 1998; 244: 227–34.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.