AGAR GEL PRECIPITIN-INHIBITION TECHNIQUE FOR HISTOPLASMOSIS ANTIBODY DETERMINATIONS

Abstract

The agar gel precipitin-inhibition techniques of Ray, Kadull and Shay have been modified to detect Histoplasma capsulatum antibodies in sera from human clinical cases and experimental animals infected with this organism. With the modified procedure antibody was detected more consistently and reliably than with the direct agar gel diffusion test and titers were comparable to those attained by complement-fixation techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0811761

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People

  • John G. Ray Jr.

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Fungi
  • Immune Serums
  • Immunoproteins
  • Inhibition
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Mycoses
  • Precipitates
  • Proteins
  • Reproducibility
  • Sensitivity

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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  • Immunology