Agar-Gel Precipitin-Inhibition Test for Coccidioidomycosis: I. Preliminary Evaluation of the Complement-Fixation and Agar-Gel Precipitin Tests in the Serodiagnosis of Human Coccidioidomycosis
AUTOR(ES)
Ray, John G.
RESUMO
The agar-gel precipitin-inhibition serological test for coccidioidomycosis was a more sensitive indicator of Coccidioides immitis antibodies than the tube precipitin, the agar-gel immunodiffusion, in the complement-fixation tests in assaying monkey sera, whether these sera were from prechallenge-vaccinated or postchallenged animals. When applying this technique to the assay of human sera, an analogous finding generally persisted. However, some human sera were positive by the complement-fixation test and negative by the agar-gel precipitin-inhibition test. These sera were diffused in agar-gel against various coccidioidin complement-fixation, tube precipitin, and agar-gel precipitin-inhibition test antigens with essentially negative results.
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