摘要:Complement-fixation and haemagglutination tests, utilizing a highly purified, specific Fraction 1 antigen of Pasteurella pestis, have been employed to detect specific plague antibody in the sera of rodents resident in a sylvatic plague focus. The data show that while the isolation of P. pestis is seasonal and rather rare, antibodies can be detected for long periods of time and with great frequency in rodents surviving infection. The authors recommend that serological methods be incorporated into epidemiological surveys and control programmes involving rodent plague. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (802K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 197 198 199 200 201 202 203