Publications

long-term epidemiology of infections with mycoplasma pneumoniae.	pneumonia due to mycoplasma pneumoniae was monitored in a large prepaid medical-care group in seattle, washington, between 1963 and 1975. the disease was diagnosed by isolation of m. pneumoniae and/or significant rises in titer of complement-fixing (antilipid) antibody in paired sera. infection was endemic without significant seasonal fluctuations. two epidemics occurred: the first peaked in january 1967, the second late in the summer of 1974. total rates of pneumonia infection in children incre ...	1979	448195
chlamydia pneumoniae strain twar, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and viral infections in acute respiratory disease in a university student health clinic population.	clinical and serologic data were collected on 667 university of washington students who presented to the david hall student health center between 1983 and 1987 with acute respiratory disease. sera were tested for evidence of acute or past infections with chlamydia pneumoniae strain twar, chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma pneumoniae, influenza a virus, influenza b virus, adenovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus. pharyngeal swab specimens were cultured for c. pneumoniae and c. trachomatis, but ...	1990	2372005
evidence that chlamydia pneumoniae causes pneumonia and bronchitis.	an epidemic often provides an opportunity to obtain evidence of the etiologic association of a microorganism with disease. chlamydia pneumoniae twar is a newly recognized organism whose relationship to disease is not completely understood. an outbreak of c. pneumoniae infections from november 1990 to february 1991 was studied in university of washington students. twelve twar infections were identified serologically in 54 students with acute respiratory disease. the organism was isolated from 7 o ...	1993	8228356