Trachoma organisms: technical advances in laboratory diagnosis.
New knowledge of the microbiology and immunology of Chlamydia is reviewed. New serological and isolation methods for diagnosis of Trachoma infection are described. Results of studies of ocular and genital Trachoma infection utilizing these new techniques are presented.
D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012703:Serotyping; D013624:Taiwan; D014141:Trachoma / Q000382:microbiology*; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000382:microbiology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial