STUDIES ON A NON-HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS ISOLATED FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF HUMAN BEINGS : II. IMMUNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STREPTOCOCCUS MG |
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| Authors: | George S. Mirick Lewis Thomas Edward C. Curnen Frank L. Horsfall Jr. |
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| Affiliation: | From the United States Navy Research Unit at the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research |
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| Abstract: | The results of studies on the antigenic structure and immunological specificity of a non-hemolytic streptococcus, designated streptococcus MG, are described. Evidence is presented to show that this microorganism possesses a capsule and that this structure contains a polysaccharide antigen which is responsible for the type specific serological reactions obtained with streptococcus MG. |
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