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WASSERMANN TEST [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Bacterial Diseases
DEF

A complement fixation test used in the diagnosis of syphilis.

OBS

The Wassermann reaction is the complement-fixing reaction that occurs in a positive Wassermann test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Maladies bactériennes
DEF

Test de séro-diagnostic de la syphilis fondé sur la réaction de fixation du complément.

OBS

Les termes «réaction de Bordet-Wassermann» et «réaction de Wassermann» sont utilisés abusivement pour désigner le test de sérodiagnostic de la syphilis qui est fondé sur la réaction de Bordet-Wassermann.

Spanish

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