References
- Eliasson H., T. Broman, M. Forsman and E. Bäck. 2006. Tularemia: current epidemiology and disease management. Infect. Dis. Clin. N. Am. 20: 289–311.
- Formińska K., A.A. Zasada, W. Rastawicki, K. Śmietańska, D. Bander, M. Wawrzynowicz-Syczewska, M. Yanushevych, J. Niścigorska-Olsen and M. Wawszczak. 2015. Increasing role of arthropod bites in tularaemia transmission in Poland – case reports and diagnostic methods. Ann. Agric. Environ. Med. 22: 443–446.
- Celli J. and T.C. Zahrt. 2013. Mechanisms of Francisella tularensis intracellular pathogenesis. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Med. 3: e010314.
- World Health Organization. 2007. WHO guidelines on tularemia. WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. WHO/CDS/EPR/2007.7, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Koskela P. and A. Salminen. 1985. Humoral immunity against Francisella tularensis after natural infection. J. Clin. Microbiol. 22: 973–979.
- Rastawicki W. and N. Wolaniuk. 2013. Comparison of usefulness of commercial ELISA Virion/Serion, homemade ELISA and tube agglutination test in serodiagnosis of tularemia. Med. Dosw. Mikrobiol. 65: 255–261.
- Rastawicki W., N. Rokosz-Chudziak, A. Chróst and R. Gierczyński. 2015. Development and evaluation of a latex agglutination test for the rapid serodiagnosis of tularemia. J. Microbiol. Method. 112: 1–2.
- King B.F. and B.J. Wilkinson. 1981. Binding of human immunoglobulin G to protein A in encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus. Infect. Immun. 33: 666–672.
- Sumithra T.G., V.K. Chaturvedi, P.K. Gupta, S.C. Sunita, A.K. Rai, M.V.H. Kutty, U. Laxmi and M.S. Murugan. 2013. Development of a simple and rapid method for the specific identification of organism causing anthrax by slide latex agglutination. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 58: 401–407.
- Miller R.S., L. Speegle, O.A. Oyarzabal and A.J. Lastovica. 2008. Evaluation of three commercial latex agglutination tests for identification of Campylobacter spp. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 3546–3547.
- Porter B.D., B.D. Ortika and C. Satzke. 2014. Capsular serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae by latex agglutination. J. Vis. Exp. 91: e51747.
- Zasada A.A., K. Formińska and K. Zacharczuk. 2013. Fast identification of Yersinia pestis, Bacillus anthracis and Francisella tularensis based on conventional PCR. Pol. J. Microbiol. 62: 453–455.
- Drożdż R. 2006. The use of microparticles agglutination in clinical practice. Diagn. Lab. 42: 211–222.
- McLendon M.K., M.A. Apicella and L.-A.H. Allen. 2006. Francisella tularensis: taxonomy, genetics, and immunopathogenesis of a potential agent of biowarfare. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 60: 167–185.
- Romagnani S., M.G. Giudizi, R. Biagiotti, F. Almerigogna, E. Maggi, G. Del Prete and M. Ricci. 1981. Surface immunoglobulins are involved in the interaction of protein A with human B cells and in the triggering of B cell proliferation induced by protein A-containing Staphylococcus aureus. J. Immunol. 127: 1307–1313.
- Grunow R., W. Splettstoesser, S. McDonald, C. Otterbein, T. O’Brien, C. Morgan, J. Aldrich, E. Hofer, E.-J. Finke and H. Meyer. 2000. Detection of Francisella tularensis in biological specimens using capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunochromatographic handheld assay, and a PCR. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 7: 86–90.