PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII FROM PIGS AND HUMANS ARE ANTIGENICALLY DISTINCT

Authors
CHRISTENSEN CBV SETTNES OP BILLEHANSEN V JORSAL SE HENRIKSEN SA LUNDGREN B
Citation
Cbv. Christensen et al., PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII FROM PIGS AND HUMANS ARE ANTIGENICALLY DISTINCT, Journal of medical and veterinary mycology, 34(6), 1996, pp. 431-433
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Journal of medical and veterinary mycology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681218
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
431 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1218(1996)34:6<431:PFPAHA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The antigens of Pneumocystis carinii cysts isolated from pigs and huma ns were compared by the Western immunoblotting technique. Convalescent pig serum reacted with two antigens (approximately 78 kDa and 32.5 kD a) of porcine P. carinii cysts, whereas convalescent serum from humans did not react with porcine P. carinii cyst antigens. The results indi cate that porcine and human P. carinii cysts are antigenically distinc t.