title: Determination of serotype-specific antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis using a microimmunofluorescence method.
abstract: Serotype-specific antibodies for Chlamydia trachomatis were determined with a microimmunofluorescence method. The sera were obtained from 90 primary or secondary infertile women admitted for examination and from 180 control women admitted for interruption. Positive C. trachomatis serotype-specific antibody titres were found in 40 of the infertile women (44.4%) and 44 of the controls (24.4%). On the basis of determination of the serotype-specific antibodies, the prevalence of I, D and G serotypes was estimated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi University Medical School, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deák
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female; D012703:Serotyping; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial