Serological behavior of lepromatous sera in relation to complement fixation tests for syphilis, Chagas' disease and brucellosis.
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However in a study of 467 lepromatous lepers, Almeida, Lima & Carvalho (1955), found the quantitative complement fixation test of Wadsworth, Maltaner & Maltaner (1938), highly specific for syphilis, when cardiolipin was used as antigen. It was pointed out that the evaluation of the specificity of the reactions, in many cases, was plagued by uncertainties, since reliable information of clinical antecedents could not be obtained. In this study was found 6-per-cent of reactive sera in 467 lepers, a value that could be considered higher than that found among non-lepers (Almeida, Pedreira de Freitas & Brandão, 1954).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Revista brasileira de leprologia
دوره 32 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1964