Ramon flocculation test

Ramon flocculation test
a test formerly widely used to assess the quality of toxoid-based vaccines; to a series of tubes containing a constant amount of toxin, such as diphtheria toxin, antitoxin is added in increasing amounts; when flocculation occurs, it indicates a neutralized mixture of toxin and antitoxin.

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