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Science 11 June 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3988, pp. 1151 - 1152
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3988.1151
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Plasmodium berghei: Enhanced Protective Immunity after Vaccination of White Rats Born of Immune Mothers

Robert S. Desowitz 1

1 Section of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96816

Young white rats born of immune mothers had a significantly higher level of immunity to Plasmodium berghei after immunization with a nonliving antigen than either unvaccinated littermates or vaccinated rats born of normal nonimmune mothers.


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