Patent ID: 7939275

Claim:
A method of measuring the amount of a first Chlamydia binding pair member in a sample comprising; providing a sample in which the amount of first Chlamydia binding pair member is to be measured, abrogating lipid oxidation activity in said sample without affecting the binding properties of the Chlamydia binding pair member, providing a second Chlamydia binding pair member, contacting the treated sample with the second Chlamydia binding pair member, and determining the amount of binding of a first Chlamydia binding pair member in the treated sample to the second Chlamydia binding pair member, the amount of binding after said treatment being indicative of the level of the first Chlamydia binding pair member in the sample, wherein the first Chlamydia binding pair member is a Chlamydia antigen and the second Chlamydia binding pair member is an anti- Chlamydia antibody; or wherein the first Chlamydia binding pair member is an anti- Chlamydia antibody and the second Chlamydia binding pair member is a Chlamydia antigen.