[Diagnosis of chlamydial infections in man and animals].

In this article the problems of immunodiagnostics of generalized and local chlamydial infections are discussed. Extensive material is used for the substantiation of the expediency of using serological methods for diagnosing zoonotic and anthroponotic chlamydial infections. A rational scheme of using the passive hemagglutination (PHA) test and the complement fixation test for the detection of generalized chlamydial infections, as well as the PHA test and the indirect immunofluorescence test for diagnosing urogenital chlamydial infections.