STUDIES ON ECHINOCOCCOSIS XIX HEAT STABLE ANTIGEN IN CYSTIC FLUID OF ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS

In the serological diagnosis of hydatid disease, especially the hemagglutination test, antigen prepared from hydatid fluid is superior to that of other hydatid tissue. The fluid, however, contains a significant amount of host components and is thought to show nonspecific serological reactions to sera from patients afflicte