ON SEROREACTION OF LEPROSY WITH CARDIOLIPIN-CEPHALIN ANTIGEN (PART 3)

ON COMPLEMENT BINDING REACTION

Abstract

We have experimented seroreaction of leprosy. Now we present here better ratio of antigen-components. New antigen which we found is made in the proportion of 0.2% cardiolipin (1), 1% cholesterin (15) and 1% cephalin (20) and 1% caolin was addedto this. With this method we observed more positive reactions in lepromatous sera than Ogata's method (complement binding reaction), moreover non-specific reactions were at lower rate than any other method.
We think that the complement binding reaction with this ratio of antigen-components may be usuable method for serodiagnosis of leprosy.