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. 1965;32(2):197–203.

Detection of an enzootic plague focus by serological methods

D C Cavanaugh, B D Thorpe, J B Bushman, P S Nicholes, J H Rust Jr
PMCID: PMC2555210  PMID: 14310906

Abstract

Complement-fixation and haemagglutination tests, utilizing a highly purified, specific Fraction 1 antigen of Pasteurella pestis, have been employed to detect specific plague antibody in the sera of rodents resident in a sylvatic plague focus. The data show that while the isolation of P. pestis is seasonal and rather rare, antibodies can be detected for long periods of time and with great frequency in rodents surviving infection. The authors recommend that serological methods be incorporated into epidemiological surveys and control programmes involving rodent plague.

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