IMMUNE-RESPONSE TO TREPONEMA-PERTENUE AND TREPONEMA-PALLIDUM NICHOLS IN PATIENTS WITH YAWS

被引:8
作者
MARTIN, PMV
COCKAYNE, A
GEORGES, AJ
PENN, CW
机构
[1] UNIV NOTTINGHAM,DEPT MICROBIOL,NOTTINGHAM NG7 2UH,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV BIRMINGHAM,SCH BIOL SCI,BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
关键词
Immune Response; Africa; Syphilis; Motscles: Treponema pallidum; Treponema pertenue; Pian; Résponse immunitaire; Afrique; Treponema pallidum; Yaws;
D O I
10.1016/0923-2508(90)90027-N
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Human sera from African patients with acute yaws were analysed by Western blot (WB) against antigens of Treponema pallidum Nichols and two Treponema pertenue isolates. The Western blot patterns were remarkably similar from one patient to another, and strains of both subspecies exhibited exactly the same banding pattern. Sera from yaws patients failed to detect at least one antigen in T. pertenue which was absent from T. pallidum. © 1990.
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页数:6
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