A fluorescent antibody test in the diagnosis of farmer's lung.
A test for farmer's lung is described employing the indirect fluorescent antibody technique. The test compared very favourably with standard precipitin tests, detecting 88% of a series of positive cases, as opposed to 38% detected by a precipitin test. The fluorescent antibody test, in addition, introduced some measure of quantitation of the serological response in the disease.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005203:Farmer's Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D005719:gamma-Globulins
D007106:Immune Sera; D005719:gamma-Globulins