TABLE 2.
Titers and isotype determination of human antibodies to AM
Group (no. of persons) | GMTa
|
% of persons expressing antibodies of subclass:
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IgM | IgG | IgG1 | IgG2 | IgG3 | IgG4 | |
Pulmonary TB patients (20) | 171b | 16,858c | 35 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
Controls (17) | 38 | 1,579 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 6 |
GMT, geometric mean titer.
P < 0.05.
P < 0.01.