Evangelia Vretou

TL;DR: An overview on methodologies and technologies used currently in diagnosis of chlamydial infections with emphasis on recently developed tests is given, and a combination of a specific real-time PCR assay and a microarray test for chlamydiae is proposed as an alternative reference standard to isolation by cell culture.

TL;DR: The population structure of Chlamydia was assesed using multi-locus sequence typing to report for the first time an association between C. psittaci genotypes with host species and host species jumps.

TL;DR: The cELISA in combination with testing pooled sera and statistical methods for true prevalence estimation provided a good survey tool at lower costs and time when compared to other approaches.

TL;DR: A series of overlapping recombinant antigens representing the polymorphic outer membrane protein POMP90 of C. abortus was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the new rOMP 90-4 ELISA was found to be a more sensitive and specific test than CFT for differentiating animals infected with C. abortedus from those infected withC.

TL;DR: The new cELISA is a sensitive and specific assay for antibodies against C psittaci abortion strains that is rapid and easy to perform and does not require serum dilutions and is suitable as a routine test for chlamydial diagnosis and seroepidemiologic studies.