title: [Detection of typhi antibodies by latex agglutination].
abstract: A latex test for immunodiagnosis of murine typhus, using erythrocyte-sensitizing substance from Rickettsia prowazekii absorbed to latex particles, has been developed. The test was evaluated with a total of 234 healthy person and non-typhus patient sera, 89 single and 63 paired typhus patient sera. The positive rate was 92.1% for paired and 80.9% for single sera from patients with typhus. The test gave results consistent with those given by the microimmunofluorescence (Micro-IF) and microagglutination (MA) tests. The sensitivity of the test was higher than Weil-Felix (P less than 0.05) test. This test was simple, rapid, sensitive and specific.
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authors.lastname: Geng
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000276:immunology*; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial