title: Incidence of inapparent active mycobacterial infections in France detected by an IgG serological test based on antigen 60.
abstract: A serological test detecting circulating mycobacterial antibodies of the IgG type applied to various populations. The test detected no positive cases among old age people in a retirement home. Among sexually active women, 3% were positive. This percentage of antigen 60-positive cases was also found among asymptomatic HIV seropositives. The percentage augmented to 5.7% when hospital attendants were analyzed and augmented further to 14% when people known to have had contact with a man suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis were analyzed.
authors.affiliation: ANDA Biologicals, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D015994:Incidence; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011247:Pregnancy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C055539:mycobacterial A60 antigen