Agglutination and complement fixation in human and rabbit typhoid and dysentery sera and the specificity of complement

1 January 1947

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection

Vol. 45 (1) , 50-55
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400013656

Abstract

The titres of the complement-fixation test and the agglutination test run parallel in rabbit sera, but not in human sera. These facts are explained in connexion with the specificity of complement.

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