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Table 3-11

Febrile Agglutinin Tests

DiseasesTest
Rickettsial Infections
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus (murine, scrub, epidemic, and recrudescent)Weil-Felix reaction (Proteus antigen test)
Salmonella Infections
Typhoid and paratyphoid feversWidal's test (O and H antigen tests)
Brucella Infections
Cattle, hog, goat (Hosts may transmit infections to humans.)Brucella agglutination test (slide agglutination test)
Tularemia
Rabbit fever and deer fly feverTularemia agglutination test (tube dilution test)