Suppression of the Tuberculin Reaction by High Concentrations of Tuberculin and the Relationship of This Phenomenon to the Potency Assay of Tuberculin
- 1 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 98 (5), 1015-1019
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.98.5.1015
Abstract
Summary: The degree of reactivity of old tuberculin in sensitive guinea pigs is quantitatively and markedly reduced if a large quantity is injected simultaneously into another site. Suppression is temporary in that most animals recover normal reactivity within 2 months.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: