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The distribution and significance of typhoid Vi agglutinins in normal sera of African natives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

L. J. Davis
L. J. Davis
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From the Public Health Laboratory, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
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1. 656 samples of sera taken at random from natives in Southern Rhodesia were examined for the presence of typhoid Vi agglutinins.

2. Forty-nine or 7·47% were shown to contain Vi agglutinins in titres of 1 in 5 to 1 in 12·5.

3. Samples of faeces and urine from twenty-six of the positive Vi reactors were cultured for Bact. typhosum, which was isolated from only one individual who was shown to be a chronic urinary carrier.

4. The significance of these findings is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , July 1940 , pp. 406 - 413
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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