title: Humoral immune response against antigen 60 in BCG-vaccinated infants.
abstract: An ELISA assay based on the A-60 antigen complex from Mycobacterium bovis BCG cytoplasm was used to detect anti-mycobacterial antibodies of different classes in the sera of 63 BCG-vaccinated infants during the 6-month post-vaccination period. The mean IgM and IgA levels increased, whereas the mean IgG level decreased after BCG vaccination. However, in a minority of cases only Ig levels were above the cut-off line: this was true for IgM in 11/63 (17%) cases and for IgA in 14/63 (22%) of cases but none of the tested infants was anti-A60 IgG ELISA positive. Fifty-two infants (83%) were tuberculin-positive eight weeks after vaccination, and no significant difference in mean antibody levels of tuberculin-positive and negative cases was observed, except for IgG (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rota
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Beyazova
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karsligil
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cevheroğlu
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C055539:mycobacterial A60 antigen