title: New method of serotyping Escherichia coli: implementation and verification.
abstract: This paper describes the implementation and verification of a new method of serotyping Escherichia coli based on a mathematical analysis of the results of agglutination reactions between standard O antigens of E. coli and rabbit antisera raised against them. Details of the new method, which uses on average one-fifth of the serum used for the old method and is now in routine use in New Zealand, are given.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D008433:Mathematics; D019081:O Antigens; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007106:Immune Sera; D019081:O Antigens