| Literature DB >> 113426 |
Abstract
A new assay is described for enumerating biologically active typhus rickettsiae (Madrid E strain), based on adsorption of rickettsiae to erythrocytes in the presence of NaF (which allows adsorption but not lysis) and lysis in the presence of anti-Rickettsia prowazeki immune serum (which allows only a single round of lysis). The number of lysed erythrocytes is then used to estimate the number of active rickettsiae.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 113426 PMCID: PMC275367 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.9.5.645-647.1979
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948