A RAPID SLIDE TEST FOR THE DETECTION OF VI ANTIBODY IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL SERA.

A rapid slide test for the detection of Vi antibodies, using spheroplasts of Salmonella typhi (Vi I, Bhatnagar strain) as the test antigen, has been described. The spheroplasts, grown in a semisynthetic medium containing 1.5% glyc~ne, maintained their antigenic sensitivity for periods of at least 1 month when stored in the cold in the growth medium preserved with 1:5000 Thimerosal. Comparative tests were carried out with the spheroplast slide technique, agglutination tests using intact Bhatnagar cells and Vi-antigen-sensitized red cells, and flocculation tests of Vi-antigen-sensitized bentonite particles. The slide test proved to be specific and reproducible and was as sensitive as the test tube hernagglutination test for both rabbit and human sera. The intact cell agglutination technique and the bentonite flocculation test were relatively insensitive.

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