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complement fixation test

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complement fixation test
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(Medicine) Med a serological test for detecting the presence of a specific antibody or antigen, used in the diagnosis of syphilis, etc.
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Noun1.complement fixation test - a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test
Wasserman reaction, Wassermann test, Wassermann - a blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection
blood test - a serologic analysis of a sample of blood


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The virus was identified by complement fixation test and confirmed by reverse transcription--polymerase chain reaction.
Oropouche virus isolation, Southeast Brazil by Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Complement fixation test findings in stables with clinical cases (zone A) (a) Seroprevalence Horses Clinical Stable present cases 1st sampling (b) 2nd sampling (c) 1 25 2 11/21 (52.
West Nile virus epidemic in horses, Tuscany region, Italy. (Research) by Scicluna, Maria Teresa / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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