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The Serological Diagnosis of Relapsing Fever
1. Spirochetes of relapsing fever have been separated from the blood of heavily infected mice and rats by hemolysing with saponin, followed by repeated washing of the spirochetal suspension with physiological saline. 2. Spirochetes obtained in this manner appear to have broad antigenic specificity. Antigens of this type fixed complement in the presence of serum obtained from man or animals infe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4552.663-c