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Unit Code 8148:
Scrub Typhus Antibodies, Serum

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Method Description

Chemically inactivated suspensions from nonmotile strains of

Proteus mirabilis OXK are used in the slide and tube agglutinin

procedures to detect antibodies (agglutinins) for scrub typhus.

The rapid slide procedure is a screening test designed to detect

agglutinins whereas the tube test is a presumptive test procedure

designed to quantitate agglutinin present. A positive result in the

screening (slide) test is confirmed by a quantitative tube test.

(Walker DH:  Rickettsia. In Manual of Clinical Microbiology. 7th

edition. Edited by PR Murray, EJ Baron, MA Pfaller, et al:  

Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology Press, 1999,

 pp 807-814)  

 

Performing Laboratory Location

Rochester

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