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Section 13: Serology
13.4 Detection of Francisella tularensis Antibodies
Authors:Last Updated:2023
13.4.1 Introduction
Tularemia is a disease with multiple clinical forms (i.e., ulceroglandular, glandular, oculoglandular, and pneumonic), which results from infection by Francisella tularensis, a facultative…
13.4.2 Detection of Francisella tularensis Antibodies by Agglutination
Serial dilutions of serum are incubated with a fixed amount of antigen. The multivalent nature of antibodies allows binding of a single antibody molecule to multiple antigens and subsequent…
13.4.3 Detection of Francisella tularensis Antibodies by ELISA
No ELISA for F. tularensis is FDA approved for use in the United States; however, the IgM and IgG Serion ELISAs have been used in other countries. In the United States, derivatives of these assays are commercially available…
Section Editor: Elitza S. Theel
Editors in Chief: Amy L. Leber and Carey-Ann D. Burnham
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