THE AGAR-GEL PRECIPITIN-INHIBITION TECHNIQUE FOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN B ANTIBODY DETERMINATIONS,

Abstract

An application of the agar-gel precipitin-inhibition technique detects antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxin B in human and animal sera. This serological test can be employed in the hospital laboratory to ascertain whether a food poisoning episode originated with enterotoxin B of Staphylococcus aureus, and it represents an in vitro serum neutralization test for toxin-antitoxin assays. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0806658

Entities

People

  • John G. Ray Jr.

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antibodies
  • Antitoxins
  • Biological Toxins
  • Food Poisoning
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Inhibition
  • Neutralization
  • Poisoning
  • Staphylococcus Aureus

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Immunology
  • Microbial Pathology