Abstract
Counter-current Immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) has been used to detect bacterial capsular polysaccharides in both cerebrospinal fluids and blood serum of children with systemic meningococcal diseases. The sensitivity of the method depends upon the titre of the antisera. It was found that the sensitivity of CIE could not be increased by the method of direct-contact ultraviolet photography. The sensitivity could be increased by one serial dilution, on the average, by the treatment of a 0.25% tannic acid wash for 15 minutes.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Medical photography
Publication Date
1982
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Undergraduate
Degree Name
Photographic and Imaging Technologies (BS)
Department, Program, or Center
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)
Advisor
Not Listed
Recommended Citation
Hohenberger, James E., "Investigation of a Method to Increase the Sensitivity of Counter-Current Immunoelectrophoresis Using Direct-Contact Photography" (1982). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/6470
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
PHIMTEC-BS
