The Treponema pallidum immobilization test

The authors first discuss the principle of the Treponema pallidum immobilization (TPI) test, considered both as a qualitative and as a quantitative test, and then various specific aspects of passage of the Nichols strain of treponeme in rabbit testes. A number of important technical details and modifications in the test procedure are then reviewed, and the clinical value of the test is discussed.     

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THE COW AND THE CORONARY—A DIARY OF DISCOVERY 1948–1978, by C. Austin. Exposition Press, Hicksville, New York, 1979. 236 pp. ($10.00)     

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