The Harris Slide Test: A Microflocculation Test for Syphilis with Cardiolipin Antigen
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The Harris Slide Test: A Microflocculation Test for Syphilis with Cardiolipin Antigen.
The antigens in common use for the serological diagnosis of syphilis, such as the complement fixation tests and the various flocculation tests, are alcoholic extracts of ox heart usually sensitized with cholesterol. If, however, cholesterol is added to the crude alcoholic extract, false positive reactions are not uncommon. On this account it has become customary to purify the alcoholic extracts...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1947
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.23.3.109