Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for distinguishing serological responses of lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosies to the 29/33-kilodalton doublet and 64-kilodalton antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 28 (2) , 379-382
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.28.2.379-382.1990
Abstract
Immunoblot assays for the antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis sonic extracts showed that all serum specimens of 40 lepromatous and of 28 tuberculoid leprosy patients reacted in a significant manner to 29/33-kilodalton (kDa) doublet and 64-kDa antigens, respectively. By using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we observed a significantly high immunoglobulin G antibody titer to the purified M. tuberculosis 29/33-kDa doublet and 64-kDa antigens in lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy patients, respectively, as compared with normal subjects and tuberculosis patients. This enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay serology may be useful for distinguishing two polar types of leprosy and for diagnosing leprosy in general.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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