Waddlia chondrophila, a potential agent of human fetal death.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_90A6822FA851
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Waddlia chondrophila, a potential agent of human fetal death.
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN
1080-6040 (Print)
ISSN-L
1080-6040
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Volume
13
Number
8
Pages
1239-1243
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We investigated the zoonotic potential of Waddlia chon-drophila, a new Chlamydia-like abortigenic agent in ruminants. Anti-Waddlia antibody reactivity was tested by immunofluorescence and Western blot. Waddlia seroprevalence was higher in women who had had sporadic and recurrent miscarriages than in control women (p < 0.001). Waddlia spp. may represent a cause of human fetal loss.
Keywords
Abortion, Habitual/microbiology, Abortion, Spontaneous/epidemiology, Abortion, Spontaneous/microbiology, Adult, Animals, Blotting, Western/methods, Chlamydiaceae Infections/epidemiology, Chlamydiaceae Infections/microbiology, Chlamydiales/isolation & purification, Female, Fetal Death/epidemiology, Fetal Death/microbiology, Fluorescent Antibody Technique/methods, Humans, Immunoglobulin G/blood, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/microbiology, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Zoonoses/epidemiology, Zoonoses/microbiology
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Web of science
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Yes
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