Microbiological and immunodiagnostic studies in experimental erysipeloid
Denisov, G.I.; Karal'nik, B.V.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 4: 42-46
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 6741355 Document Number: 225893
The use of the passive hemagglutination test with a set of antigenic and antibody erythrocytic diagnostic reagents made it possible to detect antibodies to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae specific and type specific antigens in the blood serum of infected mice and to reveal the presence of these antigens in the internal organs of the animals. After a considerable increase of the infective dose a higher level of contamination and the retention of the antigens in the internal organs were observed, while the activity of specific antibodies in the blood serum decreased.