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© 1992 Oxford University Press

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The Prevalence and Regional Distribution of Antibodies against Chiamydia pneumoniae (Strain TWAR) in Finland in 1958

M KARVONEN*, J TUOMILEHTO*, A NAUKKARINEN** and P SAIKKU{dagger}

* Department of Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute Elirnäenkatu 25, SF-00510 Helsinki, Finland
** Department of Geography, University of Oulu Linnanmaa, SF-90570 Oulu, Finland
{dagger} Department of Virology, University of Helsinki Haartmaninkatu 3, SF-00260 Helsinki, Finland

The occurrence of nonavian ‘ornithosis’ was reported in Scandinavia at the end of the 1950s. In order to find out whether Chiamydia pneumoniae had been present in Finland, we examined the lgG antibody prevalence to C pneumoniae in samples representing the whole rural population of Finland in 1958. The total number of sera studied using micro-immunofluorescence was 2000. Trend-surface analysis was used to examine the regional patterns of antibody prevalence

C pneumoniae antibodies were present throughout the country. The mean antibody prevalence was 56% among adults and 27% among children. Thus the possible role of C pneumoniae in nonavian ‘ornithosis’ in Finland between 1958 and 1960 cannot be excluded.

Received 1 September 1991


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