PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS FOR Y-PESTIS INFECTION IN SURAT PNEUMONIC PATIENTS

Authors
AGARWAL GS BATRA HV
Citation
Gs. Agarwal et Hv. Batra, PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS FOR Y-PESTIS INFECTION IN SURAT PNEUMONIC PATIENTS, Current Science, 71(10), 1996, pp. 792-793
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
71
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
792 - 793
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1996)71:10<792:PHTFYI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Passive haemagglutination tests, utilizing a highly purified, specific Fraction I antigen of Yersinia pestis have been employed to detect an tibodies in the sera of pneumonic patients of Surat city. The high ant ibody titres observed in a majority of sera samples (85.2%) from conva lescent patients 2 to 3 months following the outbreak are indicative o f Y. pestis infection.