A total of 104 children aged 4 months to 13 years with meningococcal infection were examined. For control 600 healthy donors were used. Histocompatibility antigens were determined by the lymphotoxic test. Altogether 36 antigens of the loci, A, B and C were determined. The data thus obtained indicate that the risk of contacting the infection is 6 times greater for persons with Hl A-Bw16 phenotype and 3 times greater for persons with HL A-A12 phenotype than for persons with Hl A-A1 phenotype.
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