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8845449

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, possesses multiple virulence determinants encoded on its three plasmids and on its chromosome. We evaluated the role of the protein capsule F1 in virulence an immunity against plague. Strains lacking F1, either those that are naturally occurring or those with genetically defined nonpolar mutations in the structural gene, retained their virulence for mice and nonhuman primates. However, both active immunization with F1, from either a recombinant vector or Y. pestis, and passive immunization with F1 monoclonal antibody protected mice from experimental infection with wild-type F1-positive organisms. These results suggest that protective immunogens like F1 need not be essential for virulence. The rare isolation of virulent F1-negative organisms from F1-immunized animals infected with F1-positive strains supports this conclusion and also suggests that, in addition to F1, an optimal vaccine against plague should include essential virulence factors as immunogens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S178-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship between virulence and immunity as revealed in recent studies of the F1 capsule of Yersinia pestis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Bacteriology, U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review