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. 1978 Oct;8(4):468. doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.4.468-.1978

Heated versus unheated sera in a microhemagglutination assay for antibodies to Treponema pallidum.

S A Larsen, D D Cruce, C E Farshy, J C Feeley
PMCID: PMC275274  PMID: 363746

Abstract

The effect of prior heating of sera on the results of the microhemagglutination assay for antibodies to Treponema pallidum was evaluated. Findings indicate that heating of sera had no significant effect on the results.

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