Brucella melitensis Agglutinating Sera

Use Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Brucella melitensis Agglutinating Sera as control antisera in a standard Widal test for epidemiological and diagnostics purposes. Serological tests are based on the fact that antibodies produced in the serum in response to exposure to bacterial antigens will visibly agglutinate with bacteria carrying homologous antigens. Brucella agglutinating sera is used as a control to check for satisfactory performance.

Surface antigens of Brucella have two specificities termed A and M. Most Brucella melitensis strains have a high ratio of M antigens to A antigens as opposed to Brucella abortus and Brucella suis^1,2. The antisera are prepared using representative smooth strains of Brucella melitensis and used as control antisera.

• Ready to use - Prepared reagents
• Easy to store - Store at 2-8°C until use
• Easy to interpret - Visible agglutination in the presence of homologous antigens

Brucella melitensis Agglutinating Sera supplies 2mL of rabbit sera containing antibodies to Brucella melitensis, preserved with 0.5% phenol and supplied ready to use in a dropper bottle. Brucella antisera are used as controls to check that suspensions have satisfactory quality.

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