Is there a genetic immune defect in families with meningococcal meningitis?

J Infect. 1981 Jun;3(2):140-9. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(81)91286-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Complement System Proteins / analysis
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Female
  • HLA Antigens / analysis*
  • HLA Antigens / genetics
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Allotypes / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin Allotypes / genetics
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / genetics*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / immunology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / immunology
  • Pedigree

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • HLA Antigens
  • Immunoglobulin Allotypes
  • Complement System Proteins