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Direct Conglutination with Rickettsia Burneti, the Causal Agent of Q Fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. Barber
H. Barber
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Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
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1. Direct conglutination has been demonstrated with Rickettsia burneti.

2. Sera from human volunteers inoculated with killed suspensions of R. burneti and from persons who had recovered from an attack of Q fever as well as sera from a small number of healthy blood donors were all examined by the direct conglutination reaction, the haemolytic-complement fixation test and the direct agglutination test. A good correlation was found between the titres of the direct conglutination reaction and the haemolytic complement-fixation test but the results with the direct agglutination test were unreliable.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1955 , pp. 63 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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