SUPPRESSION OF BLOOD GROUP AGGLUTINABILITY OF HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES BY CERTAIN BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDES

Erythrocytes coated with bacterial capsular polysaccharides, notably the Vi antigen, were no longer agglutinated by antibodies directed against the various antigens native to the red cell surface. These effects could not be attributed to prevention of antibody uptake even though in some systems the...

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Main Authors: Ceppellini, Ruggero, Landy, Maurice
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1963
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180448/