Ottolenghi A, Clerici P, Finazzi E, Ciccone A, Magliano E M
Pediatr Med Chir. 1986 Jul-Aug;8(4):541-3.
The role of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in children is not well known. It is established that Chlamydia trachomatis is a major etiology agent of conjunctivitis in newborns and pneumonia during the first 6 months of life but little is known about the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in children in early infancy particularly in the Italian pediatric population. Therefore the incidence of anti-Chlamydial trachomatis antibodies in 400 asymptomatic children have been determined. The incidence is 18.39% in babies from 0 to 12 months of age, 10.95% from 1 to 3 years, 19.44% from 4 to 6 years, 16.98% from 7 to 9 years, 31.37% from 10 to 12 years. The highest incidence lies among school-age children and might indicate a nonsexual route of chlamydial infection.
沙眼衣原体感染在儿童中的作用尚不为人所知。已确定沙眼衣原体是新生儿结膜炎和出生后6个月内肺炎的主要病因，但对于婴幼儿尤其是意大利儿科人群中沙眼衣原体感染的患病率知之甚少。因此，已测定了400名无症状儿童中抗沙眼衣原体抗体的发生率。0至12个月大的婴儿发生率为18.39%，1至3岁为10.95%，4至6岁为19.44%，7至9岁为16.98%，10至12岁为31.37%。最高发生率出现在学龄儿童中，这可能表明衣原体感染存在非性传播途径。
