A commercial-latex agglutination (LA) assay (Rubascan®, Hynson, Westcott and Dunning, Baltimore, Md) performed on undiluted serum may be more sensitive than is the standard hemagglutination-inhibition ...

Rotavirus is an important cause of childhood gastroenteritis resulting in dehydration, hospital admission and nosocomial infections. False negative antigen tests may lead to further unnecessary ...

From the Pathology Laboratories of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Read before the Boston Pathological Society, May 7, 1934. Van Ravenswaay, A. C. — Assistant in Medicine, Washington University ...

Immunologic tests, on the other hand, are simple to perform, generate immediate results, and should be useful for prevalence studies because of the homogeneity of the method. The objective of this ...

Antigens are substances that induce an immune response. They can be microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, and fungi), toxins, foreign blood cells pollen, or some chemicals. They are perceived as being ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The well known relation of goats to the transmission of undulant fever to man through infected milk in countries bordering the Mediterranean ...