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. 1976 Jul;4(1):6–10. doi: 10.1128/jcm.4.1.6-10.1976

Simplified serological test for antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis.

B J Thomas, P Reeve, J D Oriel
PMCID: PMC274379  PMID: 783191

Abstract

Three-hundred sixty sera from unselected patients attending two London venereal disease clinics were examined by a microimmunofluorescence test. Eleven egg-grown serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis and the so-called "fast" strain SA2(f) were used as antigens. Of the 360 sera tested, 119 (33%) reacted to a titer of 1:16 or above with at least one antigen. Of these positive sera, over 50% cross-reacted with all 12 serotypes, and 95.5% reacted with SA2(f) in addition to other antigenic types. It is suggested that SA2(f) could be used as a single antigen for preliminary screening of a large number of sera for the presence or absence of chlamydial antibody.

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