Parallel Testing with Crude Heart Extract Wassermann Antigens

Further assessment of cardiolipin antigen by parallel testing against standard antigen in routine Wassermann reactions.

In a previous communication (Shaw, 1955), I referred to several papers concerning the value of cardiolipin antigen in complement-fixation and flocculation tests. The majority of workers have reported increased sensitivity and specificity with this antigen, which has also been recommended to obtain reproducible results in various laboratories in different countries. At that time, I compared the ...

Preparation of a Crude Tumour Extract

Two peptides which are potent stimulants of gastric acid secretion are isolated from Zollinger-Ellison tumour tissue. They have aminoacid constitutions identical with those of human gastrin types I and II as isolated from human antral mucosa, and they are present in similar proportions. Their electrophoretic and chromatographic behaviour corresponds to that of human gastrins. Evidence is presen...

Wassermann Reaction

The Use of Crude Plasmodium falciparum Antigens for Comparison of Antibody Responses in Patients with Mild Malaria vs. Cerebral Malaria

Background: Cerebral malaria (CM) is one of the major causes of death in African populations infected with Plasmodium falciparum. Only 1% of infected subjects develop CM. The reasons for these differences are not fully understood, but it is likely that the host humoral response against blood-stage antigens plays a role in protection from malaria, although the precise targets and mechanisms medi...

An investigation into the use of cardiolipin antigens. II. Complement-fixing properties of cardiolipin Wassermann antigen.

Complement-Fixing Properties of Cardiolipin This reagent was examined using two ranges of 0-6 per cent. to 0 0045 per cent. One range was suspended in saline at a dilution of 1 in 50 and the other at 1 in 200. No fixation of complement was obtained when using syphilitic sera. Mixtures of cardiolipin and lecithin were next tested for their complement-fixing ability in the presence of a suitable ...