Host defenses in murine malaria: induction of a protracted state of immunity with a formalin-killed Plasmodium berghei blood parasite vaccine.
AUTOR(ES)
Murphy, J R
RESUMO
Random-bred mice were immunized with a nonliving antigen prepared from mixed-blood forms of Plasmodium berghei, strain NYU-2, in combination with Corynebacterium parvum and/or living BCG. A high proportion of intravenously immunized mice survived virulent challenge, but subcutaneous vaccination was less effective. Vaccinated mice developed a patent infection after challenge similar to that observed in normal controls. However, between days 12 to 20 postchallenge, infections in some vaccinated mice became subpatent, whereas infections in all normal controls progressed until death. The incidence of recrudescent infection was low and, eventually, a state of sterile immunity was established. The capacity of vaccinated mice to withstand P. berghei challenge was sustained at a fairly stable level for the 6-month period of observation. Mice that had survived a primary infection with P. berghei almost completely suppressed a second and larger challenge with the same organism.
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