In:
Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Series C: Immunology, Wiley, Vol. 90C, No. 1-6 ( 1982-11), p. 67-71
Abstract:
An enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of serum IgG antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis has been developed. The C. trachomatis subtype LGV‐2 was used as antigen. The ELISA was reproducible and its sensitivity and specificity compared well with that of the single‐antigen immunofluorescence test (r = 0.83). 29 (85%) of the 34 patients with acute salpingitis had chlamydial serum IgG antibodies measured by the ELISA technique. The detection level in single blood donor specimens was 30%. Among the 34 patients with acute salpingitis, 16 paired serum specimens showed a fourfold or greater rise/fall in antibody titres, and 12 of these belonged to the 19 who harboured C. trachomatis in the lower genital tract.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0108-0202
DOI:
10.1111/apm.1982.90C.issue-1-6
DOI:
10.1111/j.1699-0463.1982.tb01419.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1982
detail.hit.zdb_id:
392399-X
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