Serum antibody levels against t mycoplasmas in two north american indian populations predisposed to spondylitis

• Published in: Arthritis & Rheumatism
• Main Authors: Ford, Denys K., Henderson, Elizabeth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1976
• Subjects: Indian; haida
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.1780190614; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fart.1780190614; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/art.1780190614

Abstract Serum antibody levels against T mycoplasmas (Ureaplasma urealyticum) were determined by the metabolic inhibition method in several populations. A higher prevalence of antibody was found in Haida Indians and Bella Coola Indians than in blood donors, patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and patients attending a VD clinic. Antibody levels did not correlate with the presence of spondylitis or the histocompatibility antigen HLA‐B27, although both these Indian populations have a high prevalence of spondylitis and HLA‐B27.