DETECTION OF AN ENZOOTIC PLAGUE FOCUS BY SEROLOGICAL METHODS

  • 1 January 1965
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 32  (2) , 197-+
Abstract
Complement-fixation and hemagglutination tests, utilizing a highly purified, specific Fraction 1 antigen of Pasteurella pestis. have been employed to detect specific plague antibody in the sera of rodents resident in a sylvatic plague focus. The data show that while the isolation of P. pestis is seasonal and rather rare, antibodies can be detected for long periods of time and with great frequency in rodents surviving infection. The authors recommend that serological methods by incorporated into epidemiological surveys and control programs involving rodent plague.