Antibody repertoire against culture filtrate antigens in wild house mice infected with Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2249.1990.tb05455.x

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Antibody repertoire against culture filtrate antigens in wild house mice infected with Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Nov 1990

Huygen K, Palfliet K, Jurion F, Lenoir C, van Vooren J P

Abstract excerpt

Wild house mice (Mus domesticus) captured in a Flemish pigsty were infected intravenously with 4 x 10(6) variable units of Mycobacterium bovis BCG and examined by Western blot analysis for IgG secretion against BCG culture filtrate (CF) antigens. Wild mice showed a marked individual variation in...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens, Bacterial
Culture Media
Filtration
Immunity, Innate
Immunoglobulin G
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Molecular Weight
Mycobacterium bovis
Spleen
Tuberculosis

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