title: Seroepidemiology status of Nepalese against hemolytic streptococcal infection in Katmandu.
abstract: Immune status of apparently healthy Nepalese against hemolytic streptococci was studied by measuring antibodies to various streptococcal antigens such as streptolysin-O (SO), streptokinase (SK), deoxyribonuclease-B (DN-B) and streptococcal polysaccharide (SP). The normal range of anti-streptolysin-O (ASO), anti-streptokinase (ASK), anti-deoxyribonuclease-B (ADN-B) and anti-Streptococcus polysaccharide (ASP) was 60-480 (T.U.), 40-1024 (titer), 60-1280 (titer) and less than 2-128 (Unit), respectively. No difference was observed between the two sexes. ASO and ADN-B were measured by the neutralization method. Passive hemagglutination (PHA) was used to measure ASK and ASP. These values were 2-3 fold higher than those obtained on the Japanese subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hyogo College of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial