1990 Volume 64 Issue 6 Pages 693-698
S. typhimurium (STM) were isolated from outbreaks of Salmonella enteritis and wre studied for their reactivity to monoclonal antibody TMY1 specific for Salmonella O5-antigen with the following results;
By using the bacterial agglutionation test with TMY1, STM were classified into O5-antigenic molecule positive and negative (copenhagen type) strains, suggesting the usefulness of TMY1 as an exquisite epidemiologic tool for Salmonella enteritis.