Stolk-Engelaar M V, Peeters M F
St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Laboratorium voor Medische Microbiologie, Tilburg.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1990 Jun 2;134(22):1094-7.
Chlamydia TWAR is as a newly recognised organism that causes respiratory tract infection with human-to-human transmission. Our sero-epidemiological study showed that in The Netherlands prevalence of TWAR antibodies is very low in children under the age of five years, increases after beginning of school age until adolescence, and remains high (80%) during adulthood. It is known that Chlamydia TWAR can cause acute lower respiratory tract infection. However, the exact clinical spectrum within the various groups of patients still needs to be defined.
沙眼衣原体TWAR是一种新发现的可通过人际传播引起呼吸道感染的病原体。我们的血清流行病学研究表明，在荷兰，5岁以下儿童中TWAR抗体的流行率很低，学龄期开始后至青春期有所上升，成年期则保持在较高水平（80%）。已知沙眼衣原体TWAR可引起急性下呼吸道感染。然而，不同患者群体的确切临床谱仍有待确定。
