Name Orjan Ouchterlony | ||
Örjan Ouchterlony (1914–2004) was a Swedish bacteriologist and immunologist who is credited with the creation of the Ouchterlony double immuno diffusion test in the 1940s. He was trained at Karolinska Institutet, was a professor of bacteriology at Gothenburg University from 1952 to 1980 and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1968.
Important works
- Ouchterlony Ö (1949), Antigen-antibody reactions in gels and the practical application of this phenomenon in the laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria. Thesis., Solna: Karolinska Institute
- Ouchterlony Ö (1948), "In vitro method for testing the toxin-producing capacity of diphtheria bacteria", Acta path microbiol scand, 25: 186–191
- Ouchterlony Ö (1949), "Antigen-antibody reactions in gels", Acta path microbiol scand, 26: 507–515
- Ouchterlony Ö (1953), "Antigen-antibody reactions in gels. IV. Types of reactions in coordinated systems of diffusion", Acta path microbiol scand, 32: 231–240
References
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