PREPARATION OF THE TYPE-SPECIFIC POLYSACCHARIDE OF THE TYPE I MENINGOCOCCUS AND A STUDY OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS AN ANTIGEN IN HUMAN BEINGS.
1. Methods for preparing small amounts of Type I meningococcal polysaccharide which are electrophoretically homogeneous and contain only traces of other immunologically reactive material are given. 2. These polysaccharides are very poor antigens in man but in a small number of instances definite amounts of precipitin and protective antibody were formed. 3. The significance of these findings is discussed.
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Department of Neurology and the Electrophoresis Laboratory, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Neurological Institute of New York.
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