Letter: Opsonic defects.

Letter: Opsonic defects.

The Opsonic Method of Treatment

ance of theories and the prominence given to results which have been achieved in actual nractice The essentials of technique in the preparation, standardization etc of the vaccines of most of the ordinary bacilli have been carefully detailed and will serve as a valuable guide to the amateur worker, who has not < a large laboratory staff to aid him The chapter on the use of Tuberculin and the co...

The Opsonic Index and Its Utility

Type-specific opsonic antibodies in streptococcal pyoderma.

Prospective studies of streptococcal pyoderma were carried out among black children enrolled in Project Headstart centers in Holmes County, Miss. Sera collected from 28 of these children in early October were tested for opsonic antibodies to one of two prevalent skin strains of group A streptococci isolated from them on one or more occasions over the preceding 3 months. The two streptococcal st...

HIV Impairs Opsonic Phagocytic Clearance of Pregnancy-Associated Malaria Parasites

BACKGROUND Primigravid (PG) women are at risk for pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM). Multigravid (MG) women acquire protection against PAM; however, HIV infection impairs this protective response. Protection against PAM is associated with the production of IgG specific for variant surface antigens (VSA-PAM) expressed by chondroitin sulfate A (CSA)-adhering parasitized erythrocytes (PEs). We hy...