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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1972 July; 24(1): 22-25
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Indirect Hemagglutination Test for Chlamydial Antibodies

Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

ABSTRACT

An indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test is described for chlamydial antibodies in psittacosis diagnostic sera; for this test tanned sheep erythrocytes sensitized with a deoxycholate extract of Chlamydia psittaci grown in Vero cell monolayers were used. Adaptation of the IHA test to the Microtiter system decreased sensitivity; nevertheless, the Microtiter-IHA test was more sensitive than the complement fixation test. Lymphogranuloma venereum antibodies also were detected by using antigen extracted from C. psittaci.