| treponemal serology on bali island, indonesia. | as part of a multidisciplinary study of the population of bali, indonesia, treponemal serology was carried out on 2452 serum samples from subjects of both sexes. sera reactive to the treponema pallidum immobilisation test (tpi) were found in 81 (3.3%) subjects with a male prevalence of 4% and a female prevalence of 2%. all the reactive sera were from villagers. of 1118 students sampled in various towns, none had reactive tpi tests. the prevalence of reactive sera varied greatly from one village ... | 1982 | 6756541 |
| treponemal serology and blood groups on bali island, indonesia. | as part of a multidisciplinary study of the population of bali, indonesia, 2452 blood samples from people of both sexes were tested for treponemal infection and blood groups. analysis of blood groups of the 81 patients reactive to the treponema pallidum immobilisation (tpi) test, who were considered to have latent or inactive yaws, compared with a control group of 552 healthy balinese, showed that the ratio of mm to mn and nn phenotypes was 2.25 times higher in the patients than in the controls ... | 1986 | 3770754 |