Automatic apparatus for Wassermann and Reiter complement-fixation tests utilizing the 'discrete-analysis' principle.

Automatic apparatus for Wassermann and Reiter complement-fixation tests utilizing the 'discrete-analysis' principle.

An Examination of the Treponemal Wassermann Reaction and Reiter Protein Complement-fixation

Less than one year after the description of the Treponema pallidum by Schaudinn and Hoffman, the first report of the application of the complementfixation reaction of Bordet and Gengou (1901) to the diagnosis of human syphilis was published in Budapest by Detre (1906), exactly 2 weeks after the appearance of the classical paper "A Sero-diagnostic Reaction in Syphilis" by Wassermann, Neisser, an...

An examination of the treponemal Wassermann reaction and Reiter protein complement-fixation test.

Less than one year after the description of the Treponema pallidum by Schaudinn and Hoffman, the first report of the application of the complementfixation reaction of Bordet and Gengou (1901) to the diagnosis of human syphilis was published in Budapest by Detre (1906), exactly 2 weeks after the appearance of the classical paper "A Sero-diagnostic Reaction in Syphilis" by Wassermann, Neisser, an...

Results of parallel tests with the Reiter protein complement-fixation test, the treponemal immobilization test. and the treponemal Wassermann reaction on 1,046 sera.

The Treponemal Immobilization Test (TPI) is now generally accepted as a highly sensitive and specific test for treponemal infection, but its complexity and the difficulties inherent in the use of a living organism as antigen have restricted its performance to specialized laboratories. These limitations have led to the re-investigation of the cultivable strains of treponemes as antigens for the ...

A new rapid method for automatic complement-fixation tests.

Several automatic methods have been described for complement-fixation tests. However, each of these methods presents some inconvenience either due to cross contamination or to limited sensitivity. The new method consists basically in separating clearly the fixation stage from the haemolytic stage by using two different sampler plates placed on the same sampler. By this procedure, it becomes pos...