La microtécnica de hemaglutinación para el diagnóstico retrospectivo de la peste humana en Zonas Rurales del Brasil / Hemagglutination microtechnique for a retrospective diagnosis of human plague in Rural Area in Brazil

ABSTRACT

The reactivation of foci of human bubonic plague in the endemic areas of Brazil during the period 1964-1966 led to checking the usefulness of the hemagglutination microtechnique test in diagnosing the disease in rural areas of the States of Bahia and Minas Gerais. Both the clinical and the bacteriological diagnoses were made in 1965 and 1966, and the blood samples used for the test came from patients who had recovered from the disease