Weil Felix Reaction

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Clinical-significance 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Indications

• Rickettsia infection

Clinical-significance

• serologic test for the presence & type of rickettsial disease based upon agglutination of X- strains of Proteus vulgaris.

More General Terms

• serology

Additional Terms

• Proteus vulgaris
• Rickettsia

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995

Weil-Felix reaction (test)