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. 1969 Mar;17(3):422–426. doi: 10.1128/am.17.3.422-426.1969

Use of Erythrocytes Sensitized with Purified Pneumococcal Polysaccharides for the Assay of Antibody and Antibody-producing Cells

Phillip J Baker 1,2, Philip W Stashak 1,2, Benjamin Prescott 1,2
PMCID: PMC377705  PMID: 4388600

Abstract

A method was described for the sensitization of erythrocytes with purified type-specific pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens using chromium chloride as a coupling agent. Erythrocytes so sensitized can be used in routine passive hemagglutination and hemolysis tests as well as in the technique of localized hemolysis-in-gel for the detection of specific antibody and specific antibody-producing cells, respectively.

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