Detection of antibody against limax amoebae by means of the indirect haemagglutination test.
A detailed description is given of the procuedure of the indirect haemagglutination test employed in the detection of specific antibodies against pathogenic amoebae of the genera Naegleria and Acanthamoeba. The preservation of all ingredients obtained by lyophilisation provide for a standard pattern of the test. The results of the test with experimentally prepared immune rabbit sera demonstrate an antigenic uniformity of the various isolates of Naegleria fowleri, and their marked difference from Acanthamoeba.
D000656:Amoeba / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D000941:Antigens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D013696:Temperature
D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens