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. 1991 Aug;107(1):189–199. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800048810

Ten and a half years seroepidemiology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Denmark.

K Lind 1, M W Bentzon 1
PMCID: PMC2272049  PMID: 1908784

Abstract

The study was based on a computerized card index of 9161 patients who had at least one positive blood specimen in the Mycoplasma pneumoniae complement fixation test. A total of 12,562 specimens from these patients had been sent to Statens Seruminstitut from hospitals and general practitioners during a 10.5-year period. The period encompassed a previously described endemic period in a 30-year study of the epidemiological pattern of M. pneumoniae infection in Denmark. The serological data presented support the hypothesis advanced here that a more than sixfold increase of children in day care might have contributed to a change in the epidemiological pattern. The correlation between age and level of specific antibodies, as well as persistence of seropositivity, were also investigated.

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