The avirulence of the cultivated PF strain of Trypanosoma cruzi: VI - The effect of antilymphocytic serum in dogs

The use of antilymphocytic serum (ALS) in dogs suppressed the immune response of a vacclnated and simultaneously ALS treated animal, increased the infectivity of a virulent strain and did not induce a typical infectian-disease in 3 dogs receiving the serum and the avirulent PF strain.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Author: Humberto Menezes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1974
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821974000500001
https://doaj.org/article/0cd8ca0933d14b15ab0226b233177025
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Summary:The use of antilymphocytic serum (ALS) in dogs suppressed the immune response of a vacclnated and simultaneously ALS treated animal, increased the infectivity of a virulent strain and did not induce a typical infectian-disease in 3 dogs receiving the serum and the avirulent PF strain.