title: Differentiation of serologically related serogroups of Legionella pneumophila.
abstract: Immune sera of different laboratory animals were studied in comparative tests for their differentiating ability in respect of closely related serogroups of Legionella pneumophila. Strains of serogroups 3 and 6, not distinguishable using rabbit sera, were found to be easily differentiated by mouse immune sera. Guinea pig and hamster sera revealed a lower differentiating ability. Concerning the differentiation of serogroups 5 and 8 none of the tested animals produced group-specific antibodies only. The typical coagglutination of serogroup 4 found regularly in rabbit immune sera against serogroup 8, in contrast to serogroup 5 sera, can be considered as an additional indicator to be used for differentiation of the two serogroups.
authors: Institute of Epidemiology, Medical Faculty of the Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bazovská
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D006224:Cricetinae; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007106:Immune Sera