Growth agglutination and growth inhibition tests in the diagnosis of brucellosis. Academic Article

abstract

• Growth agglutination and growth inhibition tests were established for the diagnosis of Brucella abortus infection. The former involves the agglutination of living organisms while the latter is a bactericidal test. Using mouse, guinea-pig, rabbit and bovine serum it was shown that the growth agglutination test is approximately ten times, and the growth inhibition test one hundred times, more sensitive than the conventional tube agglutination test. It is suggested that these techniques may be of assistance in diagnosing bovine brucellosis in situations in which the tube agglutination test results are suspected of being falsely negative.

authors

• Tizard, Ian

published proceedings

• J Hyg (Lond)

author list (cited authors)

• Mittal, K. R., & Tizard, I. R.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Mittal, KR||Tizard, IR

publication date

• October 1979

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• The Journal of hygiene  Journal

keywords

• Agglutination Tests
• Animals
• Antibodies, Bacterial
• Blood Bactericidal Activity
• Brucella Abortus
• Brucellosis, Bovine
• Cattle
• Evaluation Studies As Topic
• False Negative Reactions
• Guinea Pigs
• Immune Sera
• Male
• Mice
• Rabbits

PubMed Central ID

• 114579

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s0022172400026097

start page

• 295

end page

• 304

volume

• 83

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400026097