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SUPPRESSION OF THE FIRST ATTACK WITH SUBSEQUENT RELAPSE: AN IMMUNE PHENOMENON IN EXPERIMENTAL RELAPSING FEVER

In five splenectomized squirrels and chipmunks which were reinoculated with a strain of Spironema recurrentis which had previously been present in their blood, the first attack was entirely suppressed because the animals were immune to the strain of spirochetes inoculated; but after the interval whi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Meleney, Henry Edmund
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1928
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2131504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19869522
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Sumario:In five splenectomized squirrels and chipmunks which were reinoculated with a strain of Spironema recurrentis which had previously been present in their blood, the first attack was entirely suppressed because the animals were immune to the strain of spirochetes inoculated; but after the interval which usually occurred between attacks, a relapse ensued, in which the strain of spirochetes present in the blood was different from the strain inoculated.