Simplification of Immune Adherence Hemagglutination test for detection of rabies antibodies in human serum

In the present work the immune adherence hemagglutination test (IAHA) was standardized in a simplified procedure. This test showed good reproducibility, better than the classical mice serum neutralization test (SN). The tests showed high correlation degree: high titers in one test corresponded to high titers in the other one, and the same occured with low titers. The IAHA test is extremely simple, fast to perform, and of low cost when compared to tests such as SN or indirect immunofluorescense (IIF). It also proved to be useful in less sophisticated laboratories or even as a screening test for the titration of rabies antibodies.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Zanetti,Carlos Roberto, Tino,Milene Silva, Chamelet,Esther Luiza Bocato, Ishizuka,Masaio Mizuno, Pereira,Octavio Augusto de Carvalho
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1989
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651989000500008
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