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Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis in Women and Associations With Chlamydia Outcomes
Hong Yu1, William M Geisler2, Chuanbin Dai1
1British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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We assessed neutralizing antibody responses in a well-characterized cohort of 60 women with different Chlamydia trachomatis infection outcomes noted at a treatment visit and 3-month follow-up. We found varying rates of neutralization (inhibition of C trachomatis) in sera at different dilution levels and varying neutralizing antibody titers across outcomes. Median neutralization rates were significantly higher in sera at high dilutions (1:320-1:1280) from women with spontaneous resolution vs persisting infection before treatment (all P < .05). These findings suggest that neutralizing antibody responses may contribute to protective immunity against chlamydia.
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