High Plasmid Gene Protein 3 (Pgp3) Chlamydia trachomatis Seropositivity, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, and Infertility Among Women, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2013-2016.
Gloria Ebelechukwu AnyalechiJaeyoung HongDamien C DanavallDiana L MartinSarah E GwynPatrick J HornerBrian H RaphaelRobert D KirkcaldyEllen N KershKyle T BernsteinPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
High chlamydial Pgp3Ab seropositivity was associated with infertility although small sample size limited evaluation of an association of high seropositivity with PID. In infertile women, Pgp3Ab may be a marker of prior chlamydial infection.