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. 1982;60(5):777–781.

Comparison of passive haemagglutination and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of plague*

James E Williams, Lorraine Arntzen, David M Robinson, Dan C Cavanaugh, Margaretha Isaäcson
PMCID: PMC2536033  PMID: 6758973

Abstract

Sera of 42 suspect plague cases from Ovamboland, Namibia, were examined. ELISA proved more sensitive than passive haemagglutination for the detection of F1 antibody and increased positive serodiagnoses of plague by 7-42%.

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