IgG subclass distribution of antibody responses to protein and polysaccharide mycobacterial antigens in leprosy and tuberculosis patients

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Sousa, A O ^f   Henry, S ^f   Maroja F M ^a   Lee, H K ^b   Brum, L ^c   Singh, M ^d   Lagrange, P H ^f   Aucouturier, P ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^f SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

IgG; Leprosy; Subclasses; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031929968     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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