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Rapid Molecular Detection and Differentiation of Influenza Viruses A and B
Published on: January 30, 2017
Influenza A and B IgG seropositivity and coronary atherosclerosis assessed by angiography
Johann Auer1, Markus Leitinger, Robert Berent
1Second Medical Department, Division of Cardiology and Intensive Care, General Hospital Wels, A-4600 Wels, Austria. johann.auer@khwels.at
Abstract:
Infectious agents, in particular intracellular pathogens that can establish long-term, persistent seropositivity, may play an important role in atherogenesis. The possible association between influenza type A and B infection and angiographically proven coronary artery disease (CAD) and the effect of the aggregate pathogen burden on CAD was studied by testing blood from 218 patients undergoing coronary angiography for serum IgG antibodies to influenza A and B, and for antibodies to four other pathogens (hepatitis A, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, and cytomegalovirus). This analysis demonstrates that although influenza (A and B) seropositivity represents no predictor of risk for CAD, infectious burden is independently associated with coronary atherosclerosis.
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