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Plaque Assay for Measuring Serum Bactericidal Activity Against Gonococci

Overview
Journal J Clin Microbiol
Specialty Microbiology
Date 1978 Nov 1
PMID 103891
Citations 5
Authors
L B Corbeil
A C Wunderlich
J I Ito
J A McCutchan
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Abstract

A new semiquantitative plaque assay was developed to measure killing of gonococci by serum. Results compare well with an established quantitative method, but the plaque assay is faster, simpler, and less expensive.

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