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WHILE in Ethiopia with a mobile bacteriological laboratory, it was noted that there was an association between the findings of blood spirochffites and an agglutination of B. proteus X Kingsbury. Of 650 cases in which Borrelia were found and which were tested for agglutinations, 211 gave agglutination of Kingsbury in dilutions of 1/100 and more. An examination of specimens submitted for Kahn test failed to reveal a corresponding high level in 'normal' individuals, and the testing of malaria cases disposed of the possibility of an 'anamnestic' type of reaction.
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ELSDON-DEW, R. Relapsing Fever and B. proteus X Kingsbury. Nature 152, 565 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152565a0
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