The Relationship of Leptospira Icterohae-Morrhagiae and the Akiyami Type a Strain of Leptospira as Determined by Cross Immunization Experiments in Guinea Pigs

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Authors: K. Yang, Max Theiler
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Affiliations: ¹ From the Department of Tropical Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Publisher: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume s1-10, Issue 6, Nov 1930, p. 407 - 418
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1930.s1-10.407

Summary

1. Guinea pigs actively immunized against the Boston strain of L. icterohaemorrhagiae are immune against Type A of the Akiyami strain of leptospira.
2. Guinea pigs actively immunized against Type A of the Akiyami strain of leptospira are immune against the Boston strain of L. icterohaemorrhagiae.
3. These two strains are indistinguishable by the cross immunity tests.

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