Plasmodium berghei: biological variation in immune serum-treated mice. |
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Authors: | B T Wellde C L Diggs |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Medical Zoology and Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Antiserum was obtained from mice which had been immunized with irradiated Plasmodium berghei parasitized erythrocytes and which survived subsequent challenge. This antiserum suppressed P. berghei infections in mice; parasitemia and mortality were delayed 7–8 days as compared to those of control animals. Parasites surviving in antiserum-treated animals were isolated by inoculation of blood into normal recipients. When antiserum was tested against this derived parasite population, there was no observable effect on parasitemia or mortality. The derived parasites also exhibited a decreased virulence for mice. This work confirms the previous observation that antiserum treatment can result in a biologically variant population of P. berghei. |
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Keywords: | Parasitic protozoa Malaria Immunity Protective antibody Biological variation Mouse |
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