STUDIES ON ANTIBODY-LEVELS TO BRUCELLA-ABORTUS, TOXOPLASMA-GONDII AND LEPTOSPIRA-SEROGROUPS IN SERA COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL-SERUM-BANK DURING 1974-1976

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 245  (4) , 520-526
Abstract
The New Zealand National Serum Bank is a collection of human sera consisting predominantly of specimens taken from healthy New Zealand blood donors. The studies presented here were designed to assess the antibody levels in 2 urban centers to B. abortus, T. T. gondii and several leptospiral serogroups including all those found in New Zealand. In none of the sera could complement fixing leptospiral antibodies be detected. There was evidence of low level immunity to T. gondii and B. abortus.