title: Studies on antibody levels to Brucella abortus, Toxoplasma gondii and Leptospira serogroups in sera collected by the National Serum Bank during 1974-1976.
abstract: The New Zealand National Serum Bank is a collection of human sera consisting predominantly of specimens taken from healthy New Zealand blood donors. The studies presented here were designed to assess the antibody levels in two urban centres to Brucella abortus, Toxoplasma gondii and several Leptospiral serogroups including all those found in New Zealand. In none of the sera could complement fixing leptospiral antibodies be detected. There was evidence of low level immunity to both Toxoplasma gondii and Brucella abortus.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001771:Blood Banks; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial