Human antibodies to bacterial polyaaccharides consist primarily of IgG and are largely restricted to the IgG2 subclass. We examined the ontogeny of the IgG subclass response to pneumococcal ...

After a preliminary blood sample had been obtained all patients were injected subcutaneously in the arm with 0.08 mg. each of pneumococcus capsular polysaccharide Types 2 and 7. Three weeks later a ...

Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of their versatile and environmentally friendly properties, these molecules could eventually replace some ...

– Preclinical data show synergistic protective effect of anti-protein and anti-polysaccharide antibodies in a highly virulent model of serotype 3 invasive pneumococcal disease – – Presentation at the ...