Laboratory Diagnosis of Smallpox
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dcchiavello's method of staining.?The refer^Ce is in the book on Virus Diseases of Man y Van Rooyan & Rhodes, 2nd edition 1948, |>age 33 yan Rooyan & Rhodes 1948 could be r'icketted after the words Macchiavello's Method of staining. In the reference at the ^ this reference should be included. Complement fixation test.?The test is ')erforined to detect unknown antigen by a . n?wn antibody. The material from the lesions is + .ested as unknown antigen against known tlvaccinial rabbit serum.
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