Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1958; Volume 19, Number 3, Year 1958, Pages 563-568: Investigations on the Rapid Plasma Reagin Test

By Henning Schmidt

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 1958; Volume 19, Number 3, Year 1958, Pages 563-568: Investigations on the Rapid Plasma Reagin Test
Author:	Henning Schmidt
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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The main obstacle to wide application of the Treponema pallidum immobilization (TPI) test is that the standard method demands highly qualified staff and special equipment. Thus, the medium needed for maintaining the treponemes in a viable state is a complex one, the apparatus used includes a vacuum pump and small anaerobic jars, and the test has to be performed under an atmosphere of pure nitrogen and carbon dioxide in a definite ratio. Only a few laboratories in the USSR have so far attempted TPI testing, and a similar situation also exists in other countries. On the other hand, the value of this test is undisputed, particularly for detecting false positive reactions and for the retrospective establishment of a diagnosis of syphilis. During 1961, a simplified method of performing the TPI test was developed by the author and his co-workers (OvEinnikov, 1962a; OvEinnikov & Sazonova, 1962). The maintenance medium is prepared from readily available ingredients; no complicated apparatus is required for carrying out the test; and, most important of all, no gas apparatus is required. Thus the test can be performed in any laboratory where trained serologists are available and where there are facilities for keeping rabbits.

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