A new serological technique of diagnosing human hydatid disease, employing polystyrene latex particles coated with hydatid cyst fluid, and a modified technique using bentonite particles are described. Comparison of the latex test with the complement-fixation test performed on 102 sera has shown a total agreement of 98% and an agreement of 93.1% in the positive specimens. The bentonite test and ...

i. Radiological examination of chest, teeth, sinuses, and lumbo-sacral joints. 2. Blood tests including a full blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), antistreptolysin titre, mucoprotein levels, blood sugar levels, gonococcal complement-fixation test, toxoplasma dye and complement-fixation tests, Rose latex test for arthritis, serum protein electrophoresis, histoplasma complement-fix...

i. Radiological examination of chest, teeth, sinuses, and lumbo-sacral joints. 2. Blood tests including a full blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), antistreptolysin titre, mucoprotein levels, blood sugar levels, gonococcal complement-fixation test, toxoplasma dye and complement-fixation tests, Rose latex test for arthritis, serum protein electrophoresis, histoplasma complement-fix...

In this study, 241 serum samples from individuals exposed to brucellosis were subjected to the Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT); the titre was estimated by standard tube agglutination test (STAT), with positive > or = 80 IU/ml. Randomly selected sera (n = 81) were analysed by complement fixation test (CFT): titre > or = 1:4 was considered positive. Of 241 sera subjected to RBPT and STAT, 177 were ...

Since the publication of the original complementfixation test for syphilis by Wassermann, Neisser, Bruck, and Schucht (1906) and the publication of the flocculation test of Porges and Meier (1908), innumerable modifications have been described for the improvement of both diagnostic methods. The technical complexity of the former furnished an incentive for the development of the latter. Yet, des...

In the course of studying the properties of several viruses pathogenic for suckling mice (Stanley and Hayes, 1950; Stanley et al., 1951), it was found necessary to attempt to purify certain strains to determine if virus, free from large amounts of non-virus protein, could be used in haemagglutination or complement-fixation tests. This paper describes the purification procedures adopted with thr...

Full blood count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, antistreptolysin titre, albumin/ globulin ratio, blood sugar estimation, gonococcal complement-fixation test, Wassermann and Treponema pallidum immobilization tests, Waaler-Rose latex-fixation test, Toxoplasma complement-fixation test, Tine test, histoplasmosis complement-fixation test. Urine and stool examination for parasites and bacteria. ...