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Agglutination of leptospirae in sera of fresh water turtles

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The sera of some fresh water turtle species, particularlyClemmys caspica, contain an agglutinating factor against some parasitic and saprophytic serotypes of leptospirae of different antigenic constitution. This factor is located in the globulin fraction of the sera. The agglutinating capacity seems to depend upon age (or weight) instead of being due to contact with leptospirae. Therefore in epidemiological surveys no significance should be attached to the agglutination of leptospirae in turtle sera.

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  1. Israel Institute for Biological Research, and Reference Laboratory on Leptospirosis of WHO - FAO, Ness-Ziona, Israel

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deceased 1 February 1968.

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van der Hoeden, J. Agglutination of leptospirae in sera of fresh water turtles. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 34, 458–464 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046467

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