Vg. Nikulina et al., INDICATION OF ANTICHLAMYDIAL ANTIBODIES I N HUMAN SERA BY COMPETITIVEENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY WITH THE USE OF MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES, Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii, (1), 1993, pp. 26-33
Competitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with two monoclonal antibodies to
C. psittaci has been developed; the monoclonal antibodies were cross-
reactive to C. trachomatis antigens. The test permits detection of ant
ichlamydial antibodies in human sera, making use of an antigen prepare
d from C. tranchomatis Vi 434 strain, serologic variant L2. Competitiv
e EIA of sera from patients with verified diagnosis of urogenital chla
mydiasis has detected antichlamydial antibodies in 85.7 % of cases.