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S Afr Med J
; 50(54): 2134-5, 1976 Dec 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1006493
ABSTRACT
Sera from patients with respiratory disease were examined for antibody to Mycoplasma pneumoniae by complement fixation test. During the study period of about 6 years, a 3-year cycle of infection was observed, which coincided with some epidemics in the UK and USA, suggesting the possibility of an approximately simultaneous world-wide spread. The epidemics lasted about 18 months each, during which the incidence of infection was over 10 times that of the interepidemic periods.