A Capillary Agglutination Test for Bovine Q Fever

[摘要] 1. 1. A capillary agglutination test, employing a stained antigen of Coxiella burnetii , for use in detecting the presence of antibody against Q fever in bovine serums is described. An evaluation of the new test was accomplished by comparison of the results obtained with the complement-fixation test on a large number of serums.2. 2. Nonspecific reactions did not commonly occur.3. 3. The sensitivity of the capillary agglutination test appears to be greater than that of the complement-fixation test.4. 4. A high degree of reproducibility for both screening and titration purposes is an outstanding characteristic.5. 5. The technique makes possible a very simple, economical, and rapid test that is adaptable to work in the field or in the laboratory.

[学科分类] 生物科学（综合）