Human Serological Response to Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever
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Human serological response to louse-borne relapsing fever.
Serological response to louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia was determined by immobilization tests using Borrelia recurrentis cultures. Isolates from 26 patients tested with autologous convalescent sera showed from 90 to 100% of the organisms had been immobilized. Sera from thirteen patients were tested with autologous and heterologous strains. Several reacted with the majority and two show...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.8.6.891-895.1973