Identification of a gonococcal antigen important in the human immune response.
An antigen isolated from Neisseria gonorrhoeae protoplasm reacted well in a flocculation procedure with sera from 86% of the females and 68% of the males infected with gonorrhea; the reactions with sera from presumed noninfected individuals were approximately 12%.
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, National Communicable Disease Center, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
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