Mirja Puolakkainen

ORCID: 0000-0001-7413-6793 · 4 papers in corpus
2026
Chlamydia trachomatis Infection as a Risk Factor for Ovarian Carcinoma.
Microorganisms ·doi:10.3390/microorganisms14081637

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most common global cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infection. CT is a common cause of mucopurulent cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. This review examines the epidemiologic, serologic, mech…

2026
Serum IgG1 and IgG3 Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis Pgp3 and Hsp60 in Men of Subfertile Couples.
The Journal of infectious diseases ·doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf535

BackgroundOur goal was to investigate immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) antibody responses to Chlamydia trachomatis proteins Pgp3 and Hsp60 in males of subfertile couples and to explore the association of these antibodie…

2025
Serum IgG1 and IgG3 Antibody Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis Pgp3 and Hsp60 in Tubal Factor Infertility.
The Journal of infectious diseases ·doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf092

BackgroundOur goal was to investigate IgG1 and IgG3 antibody responses to Chlamydia trachomatis proteins Pgp3 and Hsp60 in women with tubal factor infertility (TFI). Our goal was to determine the role of these biomarkers in the diagnosis of…

2019
Predictive Values of Serum Chlamydia trachomatis TroA and HtrA IgG Antibodies as Markers of Persistent Infection in the Detection of Pelvic Adhesions and Tubal Occlusion.
Microorganisms ·doi:10.3390/microorganisms7100391

Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibody testing (CAT) has been used as a screening test for tubal factor infertility (TFI), but as the CAT is only a marker of a past exposure to C. trachomatis and not of late sequelae, the positive predictive va…