@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-19-1-95, author = "Parija, S. C. and Ananthakrishnan, N.", title = "Evaluation of Stabilised Cells in the Indirect Haemagglutination Test for Echinococcosis", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1985", volume = "19", number = "1", pages = "95-98", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-19-1-95", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-19-1-95", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary We have evaluated the use of sheep red-blood cells stabilised in various ways in indirect haemagglutination tests on the sera of 21 surgically confirmed cases of echinococcosis, and on control sera. Tests with Double-Aldehyde-Stabilised cells—treated sequentially with pyruvic aldehyde, tannic acid and glutaraldehyde—were more sensitive than tests with the cells treated only with formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde or pyruvic aldehyde, and subsequently tanned.", }