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Protection of suckling mice from experimental cholera by maternal immunization: comparison of the efficacy of whole-cell, ribosomal-derived, and enterotoxin immunogens.

Abstract
The susceptibility of suckling mice to oral infection with several different Vibrio cholerae was determined. Mice up to 10 days of age were uniformly susceptible to oral infection with 10(8) colony-forming units of virulent organisms. Age-dependent resistance occurred thereafter to a maximum at about 15 days of age. The efficacy of selected vaccines was compared by oral challenge of 8-day-old, passively immunized CFW mice. An Ogawa-derived ribosomal antigen was found to be superior to a commercial whole-cell vaccine or to purified cholera enterotoxin. The ribosomal antigen was 50- to 100-fold more protective than the other vaccines on a weight basis against otherwise lethal challenge with Ogawa, Inaba, or El Tor Ogawa serotypes.
AuthorsM N Guentzel, L J Berry
JournalInfection and immunity (Infect Immun) Vol. 10 Issue 1 Pg. 167-72 (Jul 1974) ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States
PMID4601899 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Cholera Vaccines
  • Enterotoxins
Topics
  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Cholera (immunology)
  • Cholera Vaccines (standards)
  • Enterotoxins
  • Female
  • Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
  • Mice
  • Pregnancy
  • Ribosomes (immunology)
  • Vaccination
  • Vibrio cholerae (immunology)
  • Virulence

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