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Immunology and Infection

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A High-throughput Shigella-specific Bactericidal Assay
 

A High-throughput Shigella-specific Bactericidal Assay

Article DOI: 10.3791/59164-v
February 27th, 2019

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Summary February 27th, 2019

Here we present a protocol to measure Shigellacidal activity of antibodies in serum. Serum is mixed with bacteria and exogenous complement, incubated, and the reaction mixture is plated on agar plates. Viable bacteria form colonies which are counted, using an automated colony enumerator, and used to determine the bactericidal titer.

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