PROCEDURE FOR SEROLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SOURCES Suspected of Containing Antibodies to CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS

摘要

Chlamydia trachomatis organisms are responsibe for a number of human ocular/genital diseases. In order to test for infection by such organisms, reticulated body derived from any immunotype strain of C. trachomatis is utilized in a micro-immunofluorescence testing, which allows the detection of antibody to C. trachomatis regardless of strain or immunotype. If anti-human IgM is utilized in the fluorescent conjugate it can be determined if the antibody is derived from a human source of active infection.