background: for a long time, infertility has been one of the most sequels in medical sciences with microbial agents as one group of its causes. the possible etiological role of chlamydia trachomatis in infertility was suggested years ago, but it has not yet been proved completely. to decrease the severe involvements of c. trachomatis infections, screening by efficient diagnostic methods are nec...

Immunofluorescence staining methods for respiratory syncytial virus antigen detection were compared. Of 50 specimens originally positive for respiratory syncytial virus by direct immunofluorescence and culture, 49 were positive by repeat direct immunofluorescence and 32 were positive by indirect immunofluorescence. Additional results obtained on specimens originally negative for respiratory syn...