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Antibodies to Tubercle Bacilli and Tuberculin Response after BCG Vaccination in Infants of Mothers with Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
ROLLOF S. I.,
LAGERCRANTZ R.,
LIND J.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1954.tb15468.x
Subject(s) - tubercle , medicine , bacilli , tuberculin , vaccination , tuberculosis , bacillus (shape) , immunology , antibody , bcg vaccine , allergy , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Summary The antibody against the polysaccharide‐fraction of the tubercle bacillus, as measured by the Middlebrook‐Dubos hemagglutination reaction apparently does not pass the placenta. Accordingly, it cannot explain the considerably more retarded tuberculin allergy after BCG vaccination in infants of tuberculous niothers than in other children, as shown in large series.