Premium
Antibodies to Yersinia enterocolitica in a healthy population in Tanzania
Author(s) -
MHALU FRED S.,
MYRMEL HELGE,
DIGRANES ASBJØRN,
OEDING PER
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1988.tb05319.x
Subject(s) - yersinia enterocolitica , antibody , tanzania , yersinia , medicine , agglutination (biology) , dar es salaam , serotype , population , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , bacteria , environmental health , geography , genetics , environmental planning
A micro‐agglutination technique was used for the detection of antibodies to Yersinia enterocolitica serogroups 03,08 and 09 in sera from healthy individuals in Dar es Salaam, including 38 school children and 8 1 adults. Antibody titres > 128 to serogroup 03 were found in 2.6Y0 of the children and 0.8% of the adults, and to serogroup 09 in 5.3% ofthe children and 2.5% ofthe adults. Antibody titres > 128 serogroup 08 were not detected.