Sperm auto - antibodies and anti-nuclear antigen antibodies in chronic dioxin - exposed veterans

The authors studied anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) in 25 chronic dioxin — exposed veterans by IIF technics with Hep-2 cell lilne and sperm autoantibodies by agglutination test of Franklin-Dukes. The site of antibody binding on spermatozoon is detected by IIF test. The control group for ANA detection is 63 healthy persons of the same age as that of dioxin — exposed veterans and the control group for sperm autoantibodies is 36 healthy males of 28–63 years old, having 1–2 children. Obtained results show that the rate of ANA positive in veterans group is normal, and sperm auto-antibodies is also at normal range. The site of antibody binding on spermatozoon is predominantly head - head, rarely head - neck or tail - tail.