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Serological differences in Legionella pneumophila infections.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 20 ·No. 6 ·1984-12-00 ·Pages 1223-4

Plouffe JF, Bollin GE, Para MF, Kelly KA

Abstract

Guinea pigs were infected with two subtypes of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (UH1 and RH1). Seroconversion by indirect fluorescent-antibody assay was demonstrated in 94 to 97% of guinea pigs when the challenge strain was used as the antigen. The standard Philadelphia 1 antigen demonstrated seroconversion in 94% UH1-challenged animals, but in only 66% of RH1-challenged animals.

MeSH Terms
Animals Antibodies, Bacterial/analysis Guinea Pigs Legionella/classification Legionnaires' Disease/immunology Male Serotyping
Chemicals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Plouffe J F
Bollin G E
Para M F
Kelly K A
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.20.6.1223-1224.1984
Published
1984-12-00
Pages
1223-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC271559
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.20.6.1223-1224.1984 PMC Full Text View journal details
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