Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
Online ISSN : 1884-5681
Print ISSN : 0021-4817
ISSN-L : 0021-4817
Volume 35, Issue 7
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  • I. Studies on the fluctuation of agglutination titer in S. pullorum carrier
    Toshiji TANAKA
    1961 Volume 35 Issue 7 Pages 481-486
    Published: October 20, 1961
    Released on J-STAGE: November 25, 2011
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    Serological studies, particulary the agglutination test were carried out on 11 naturally infected hens with S. pullorum. The results were summarized as follows.
    1. Agglutinin titer of the sera obtained from these S. pullorum carriers were rather erratic, 2 (18%) out of the 11 hens being consistently positive, 4 (36%) of them undulatory positive and the remaining 5 (45%) intermittently positive (intermittent type).
    2. From the point of view of the carrier diagnosis, this “intermittent type” of reaction seemed to be most important, demonstrating alternatively positive and negative reaction on the agglutination test, within the extent of approximately 1: 50 to 1: 200.
    3. On the other hand, hens of this type generally showed negative reaction on the rapid plate-agglutination test with the whole blood. Occasionally, however, did they de monstrate weakly positive reaction.
    4. Healthy hens belonging to the “intermittent type” may play the most important role in the epidemic of this disease.
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  • II. Studies on the “intermittent type” of the pullorum disease in artificially infected fowls
    Toshiji TANAKA
    1961 Volume 35 Issue 7 Pages 487-494
    Published: October 20, 1961
    Released on J-STAGE: November 25, 2011
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    In the previous paper, the importance of the fluctuation of agglutinin titer was cornfirmed by the author for the serological diagnosis of Salmonella pullorum infection ofadult fowls.
    This time, the same fluctuation phenomenon was observed on the hens artificially (intravenously, intraperitoneally or orally) infected with freshly isolated S. pullorum, The results were summarized as follows.
    1. The “consistently positive type” and the “undulatory type” of the agglutinin fluctuations were observed regardless of the routes of infection, whether intravenous or intraperitoneal.
    2. The sera obtained from three hens, administered orally 1 ml of broth culture of the freshly isolated S. pullorum distinctly developped the fluctuation type of the agglutinin titer and agreed with the “intermittent type” observed in natural cases.
    3. Those artificially infected “intermittent type” of S. pullorum carriers showed low agglutinin titers such as 1: 50 or 1: 100, for 15-90 days, and then turned to positive in the consequent tests.
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  • 1961 Volume 35 Issue 7 Pages 495-504
    Published: October 20, 1961
    Released on J-STAGE: November 25, 2011
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  • 1961 Volume 35 Issue 7 Pages 505-526
    Published: October 20, 1961
    Released on J-STAGE: November 25, 2011
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  • 1961 Volume 35 Issue 7 Pages 527-528
    Published: October 20, 1961
    Released on J-STAGE: November 25, 2011
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