Surface Antigens of Gonococci: Correlation with Virulence and Serum Resistance

• Published in: Journal of general microbiology Vol. 129; no. 5; pp. 1559 - 1567
• Main Authors: DE HORMAECHE, RAQUEL DEMARCO, THORNLEY, MARGARET J, HOLMES, ALISON
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Soc General Microbiol 01.05.1983
• Subjects: Animals; Antigen-Antibody Reactions; Antigens, Bacterial - immunology; Antigens, Surface - immunology; Blood Bactericidal Activity; Immune Sera - immunology; Immunodiffusion; Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; Lectins - immunology; Lipopolysaccharides - immunology; Mice; Mice, Inbred C3H; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - immunology; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - pathogenicity; Virulence

Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, U.K. ABSTRACT Summary: Encapsulated and non-encapsulated variants of one strain of gonococcus were compared for their capacity to produce infection in chambers implanted subcutaneously in mice, for their reaction...