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. 1977 Nov;18(2):348–351. doi: 10.1128/iai.18.2.348-351.1977

Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin: comparison of antitoxin assays and serum antitoxin levels.

I K Wachsmuth, J G Wells, R W Ryder
PMCID: PMC421238  PMID: 336543

Abstract

The mouse adrenal tumor cells (Y-1 strain) and the Chinese hamster ovary cells, two routinely used tissue culture assays for Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), were used to detect serum antitoxin responses in culture-positive patients from several well-defined sources. There was no correlation between a significant antitoxin response and isolation of LT-producing E. coli in two "domestic" diarrheal outbreaks. Serum samples from a third group of individuals in a rural cholera-endemic area consistently demonstrated significant rises in neutralizing antibody to LT.

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