Weil-Felix test

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Weil-Felix test [′vīl ′fā·liks ‚test]

(immunology)

An agglutination test for various rickettsial infections based on production of nonspecific agglutinins in the blood of infected patients, and using various strains ofProteus vulgarisas antigen.

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No references found			Twenty-eight of 51 serum samples had titers 80-320 to Proteus OXK antigen on Weil-Felix test, of which only 13 had titers on MIF. Scrub typhus in Himalayas by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases Weil-Felix tests on day 12 showed the serum to be positive for Proteus vulgaris OX19 (titer 160); tests for P vulgaris OX2 and OXK were negative (titer of 10 for both). Murine typhus from Vietnam, imported into Japan by Uchiyama, Tsuneo / Emerging Infectious Diseases The Weil-Felix test is useful for preliminary screening of rickettsiosis; however, the reaction could indicate epidemic typhus or spotted fever in some cases. Reemerging murine typhus, Japan by Uchiyama, Tsuneo / Emerging Infectious Diseases			weighted aggregative index weighted area masks weighted average weighted code weighted mean weighted moving average weighted oscillator strength Weighted Results of Measurements weighted search weighting weighting network weightless Weightlessness weightlessness switch weightlifting Weights weights and measures Weights and Measures, Central Board of Weights and Measures, General Conferences on Weights, Set of Weihai Weihaiwei Weil Weil's disease Weil, Simone Weil-Felix test Weil-Vasilev Disease Weiland effect Weill Weill, Kurt Weill, Sanford I. Weimar Weimar Constituent Assembly of 1919 Weimar Constitution of 1919 Weimar Republic weimaraner Wein, George Weinberg Weinberg, Harry Weinberg, John Livingston Weinberg, Steven Weinberg-King State Park Weinberg-Salam theory Weinberger, Caspar Weinberger, Caspar Willard Weinberger, Jaromir Weinert, Erich Weingarten formulas Weingarten surface Weingartner, Felix Weingartner, Felix Von			Weihnachtsstollen WEII Weijing Weijing Weijing WEIK Weil Weil Weil Weil disease Weil disease Weil disease Weil syndrome Weil syndrome Weil syndrome Weil's disease Weil's disease Weil's disease Weil's disease Weil's syndrome Weil's syndrome Weil's syndrome Weil, Simone Weil, Simone Weil-Felix Weil-Felix reaction Weil-Felix reaction Weil-Felix reaction Weil-Felix reaction Weil-Felix reaction Weil-Felix test Weil-Vasilev Disease Weiland effect Weiland Financial Group, Inc. Weilen Weilen Weiler Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine Weill Weill Weill Bugando University College of Health Sciences Weill Cornell Medical Center Weill Cornell Medical College Weill Cornell Medical Library Weill Felix test Weill Felix test Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University Weill Medical College Weill Medical College of Cornell University Weill Music Institute Weill, Kurt Weill, Kurt Weill, Sanford I. Weill-Felix test Weill-Felix test Weill-Marchesani Syndrome Weill-Marchesani Syndrome Weils Disease Weils Disease Weils Disease Weiman republic Weiman republic

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