Nonsterilizing Immunity in Avian Malaria: An Antibody-Independent Phenomenon
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 151 (2) , 257-259
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-151-39186
Abstract
Agammaglobulinemic chickens died with fulminating parasitemias following infection with P. gallinaceum. When rescued from otherwise fatal infection by means of chloroquine therapy, B-cell deficient chickens resisted challenge infection with the same parasite. The data suggest that nonsterilizing immunity to malaria in chickens is B-cell independent.Keywords
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