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The use of the microagglutination technique to determine the antibody status of healthy New Zealanders to Brucella abortus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

K. A. Bettelheim ,
W. J. Maskill ,
R. V. Metcalfe  and
J. L. Pearce
K. A. Bettelheim
Affiliation:
National Health Institute, P.O. Box 50–348, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
W. J. Maskill
Affiliation:
National Health Institute, P.O. Box 50–348, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
R. V. Metcalfe
Affiliation:
National Health Institute, P.O. Box 50–348, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
J. L. Pearce
Affiliation:
National Health Institute, P.O. Box 50–348, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
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Sera from healthy blood donors from different parts of New Zealand, collected between 1977 and 1980, were analysed by the microagglutination technique for antibodies against Brucella abortus. Populations from both urban and rural areas were studied. The technique was shown to be capable of handling the 3351 sera studied and thus to be a useful screening test to assess the immune status of large populations. The results demonstrated some of the effects on the human population of the successful bovine brucellosis eradication programme.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 92 , Issue 3 , June 1984 , pp. 401 - 410
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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