Lyophilized survival medium for the T. pallidum immobilization test.
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چکیده
The difficulties experienced in keeping T. pallidum alive for carrying out the immobilization test have led us to study during the last 4 years the possibility of ensuring the keeping quality of the survival medium by means of lyophilization. The dryfreezing method was discovered by Wurtz and Camus (1919). Storage of large quantities of the medium is thereby made possible without question of time limit, and with the following obvious advantages:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 34 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1958