In 1959 Roach, Rosenberg and Ichelson 13 stated that they had developed a complement-fixation test, using protein fractions of the Ichelson organism. Their results indicated that this test gave 77 ...

Active cases give a higher percentage of positive results than inactive cases. (b) The value of the complement-fixation test for tuberculosis lies in the fact that, taken in conjunction with other ...

A complement blood test checks for autoimmune diseases or other issues with your immune system. Your doctor might test you if you have a family history of certain conditions, such as rheumatoid ...

With an increasing geographic footprint, it is important for clinicians to be able to recognize and treat coccidioidomycosis, ...

histolytica. The complement-fixation test, which had been positive (Table 1), when retested showed a marked decrease in the titer. Case 2. D. C., a 25-year-old railroad worker was admitted to the ...

Citrate blood was taken from 18 healthy volunteers by brachial vein puncture and anti-adenoviral antibody titers were determined by ELISA, complement fixation test (CBR) and neutralizing assay.

NORMAL guinea pig serum is the most common source of complement for the complement-fixation test, and may be used fresh or, more commonly, preserved either by freeze-drying or by Richardson's ...

Precipitation tests are VDRL test, complement fixation test, ELISA test, the fluorescent antibody test, etc. Serologic tests can be used to diagnose various bacterial, viral and other infections ...