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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1965-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
A microtechnique has been developed and adapted successfully to the microscopic agglutination test with live antigens for detection of leptospiral antibodies. Simultaneous titrations were performed by the conventional microscopic agglutination test and the microtechnique. When the microtechnique was used to screen 50 unknown leptospiral strains with a battery of hyperimmune sera, 98% agreement was obtained with the conventional procedure. Comparative data on 635 tests on these 50 cultures established the reliability of the microtechnique. Results with the two tests on 46 human sera revealed 93% agreement in the detection of leptospiral antibodies. The validity and reliability of the microtechnique obtained in these comparative studies suggests that it can be used as a valuable screening procedure for the microscopic agglutination test for preliminary cross agglutination studies on unknown strains and for the detection of leptospiral antibodies in human and animal sera.
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pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
OM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-6919
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
81-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1965
pubmed:articleTitle
APPLICATION OF A MICROTECHNIQUE TO THE AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR LEPTOSPIRAL ANTIBODIES.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article