RESUMO
1- A method has been described for investigating antigenic characteristics of lepromin. 2- By the agar diffusion technique, old tuberculin and lepromin have been shown to posses antigens in common as well as distinctive antigenic components. 3- Sera from Filipino children, residing in an endemic leprosy area, reacted with lepromin with a specificity not observed with normal and tuberculous sera obtained from patients in Columbus, Ohio.
Assuntos
Antígeno de Mitsuda/classificação , HanseníaseRESUMO
1- Approximately 40 per cent of the sera from healthy children residing in an area endemic for leprosy gave positive results when tested for antituberculopolysaccharides. The titers approached those seen in normal individuals generally. 2- There was no apparent correlation between lepromin reactivity of the donors and the reactivity of their sera. 3- Differences in specificities of the test antigens is present by way of explanation.