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  • Title: Laboratory diagnosis of trachoma: a collaborative study.
    Author: Schachter J, Mordhorst CH, Moore BW, Tarizzo ML.
    Journal: Bull World Health Organ; 1973 May; 48(5):509-15. PubMed ID: 4130020.
    Abstract:
    A collaborative study on the laboratory diagnosis of trachoma was carried out in three laboratories. A standardized complement fixation (CF) test with chlamydial (bedsonial) group antigen was found to be highly reproducible. The results obtained by different laboratories using the method and reagents suggested by the WHO International Reference Centre for Trachoma and other Chlamydial Infections agreed in more than 95% of the tests. Similar agreement was observed between the results obtained with these reagents and those routinely used in one of these laboratories. In confirmation of previous studies, the CF test was found to give positive results in only a limited proportion of trachoma cases. However, in an area where the disease is hyperendemic the rates showed good correlation with the intensity of clinical signs. A comparison was also made between Giemsa staining and a fluorescent antibody (FA) technique for the cytological examination of conjunctival scrapings. The results obtained with the former method correlated well with clinical activity but the positivity rate was lower than that obtained by the FA technique. The FA results, however, were not an accurate indicator of clinical intensity. These results suggest that the Giemsa method may detect only the most heavily infected individuals.
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