Pattern of mycobacterial antigen detection in leprosy

T-cell-epitope mapping of the major secreted mycobacterial antigen Ag85A in tuberculosis and leprosy.

Lymphoproliferation and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) secretion in response to 28 overlapping 20-mer synthetic peptides covering the complete sequence of the mature (295-amino-acid) 85A component of the major secreted, fibronectin-binding antigen 85 complex from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG (MTAg85A) was examined by using peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) culture...

Immunity in Leprosy, in Relation to Antibody Titers of Epstein-Barr Virus Capsid Antigen

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Immunopathological evaluation of recombinant mycobacterial antigen Hsp65 expressed in Lactococcus lactis as a novel vaccine candidate

Bovine tuberculosis (TBB) is a zoonotic disease distributed worldwide and is of great importance for public health and the livestock industry. Several experimental vaccines against this disease have been evaluated in recent years, yielding varying results. An example is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which has been used extensively in humans and tested in cattle showing mixed resul...

Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Allied Mycobacterial Diseases.

INTERNA TIONAl JOURNAL OF lEPROSY And Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Anti genic analysis of mycobacteria by agar-diffusion, first reported by Parlett and Youmans ( 14 ), has been developed by many investigators ( 15, 16, 22) and applied to serologic identification and classification of mycobacteria. Recently, Fukui et aZ. (10) reported that an antigen of M. Zepraemllrium may be identical with the avian y antigen. However, little is known regardin g the antigenic...