Evaluation of stabilised cells in the indirect haemagglutination test for echinococcosis.
We have evaluated the use of sheep red-blood cells stabilised in various ways in indirect haemagglutination tests on the sera of 21 surgically confirmed cases of echinococcosis, and on control sera. Tests with Double-Aldehyde-Stabilised cells-treated sequentially with pyruvic aldehyde, tannic acid and glutaraldehyde-were more sensitive than tests with the cells treated only with formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde or pyruvic aldehyde, and subsequently tanned.
D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005557:Formaldehyde; D005976:Glutaral; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011765:Pyruvaldehyde
D005557:Formaldehyde; D011765:Pyruvaldehyde; D005976:Glutaral