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Separation of Serum Bactericidal and Opsonizing Activities for Haemophilus Influenzae Type B

Overview
Journal Infect Immun
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Specialty Allergy & Immunology
Date 1973 Sep 1
PMID 4542337
Citations 12
Authors
S L Newman
B Waldo
R B JOHNSTON Jr
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Abstract

When assay conditions permitted bacterial growth, immune serum had no bactericidal activity for Haemophilus influenzae but promoted rapid phagocytic killing of this organism by human leukocytes.

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