Prozone effects in microscopic agglutination tests for leptospirosis in the sera of mice infected with the pathogenic Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 668-670

  Shimabukuro, Fabio Hiroto ^a   da Costa, Veruska Maia ^b   da Silva, Rodrigo Costa ^b   Langoni, Hélio ^b   da Silva, Aristeu Vieira ^c   de Carvalho, Lídia Raquel ^b   Domingues, Paulo Francisco ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test; Prozone effect

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE;

EID: 84879578089     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108052013022     Document Type: Article

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