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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
Protection tests have been utilized to determine the effect of superinfection upon the potency of immune serum of monkeys with chronic Plasmodium knowlesi infections. The results of these tests showed that: 1. In 2 groups of monkeys with comparable P. knowlesi infections the immune serum of 8 monkeys which had been superinfected on 7 separate occasions over a period of 2 months was much more potent than the immune serum of a group of 7 monkeys which were allowed to continue their chronic course of infection without superinfection. 2. After a series of 9 more intense superinfections the serum from the same 2 groups of monkeys contained no demonstrable protective antibodies. 3. The serum from 8 of the 10 monkeys in the original 2 groups showed a relatively high concentration of protective antibodies following a month's rest and a single superinfection. 4. The results of the experiments indicate that it is possible to increase the potency of immune serum by superinfection, but it is also possible to obtain a decrease in the protective property of the serum by too severe superinfections.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-28
pubmed:year
1938
pubmed:articleTitle
EFFECT OF REPEATED SUPERINFECTION UPON THE POTENCY OF IMMUNE SERUM OF MONKEYS HARBORING CHRONIC INFECTIONS OF PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratories of the International Health Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article