Erythrocyte-sensitizing substance from Rickettsia Canadia.
Erythrocyte-sensitizing substance (ESS) extracted from Rickettsia canada reacted with homologous sera as well as with sera containing antibodies against Rickettsia prowazeki, but did not react with sera containing antibodies against Rickettsia conori or Coxiella burneti. This finding confirms the antigenic relatedness of R. canada to the typhus rickettsiae group.
D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003381:Coxiella / Q000276:immunology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D011817:Rabbits; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D012283:Rickettsia prowazekii / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007106:Immune Sera