CONVALESCENT PIGS ARE PROTECTED COMPLETELY AGAINST INFECTION WITH A HOMOLOGOUS ACTINOBACILLUS-PLEUROPNEUMONIAE STRAIN BUT INCOMPLETELY AGAINST A HETEROLOGOUS-SEROTYPE STRAIN

Authors
CRUIJSEN T VANLEENGOED LAMG HAMHOFFIES M VERHEIJDEN JHM
Citation
T. Cruijsen et al., CONVALESCENT PIGS ARE PROTECTED COMPLETELY AGAINST INFECTION WITH A HOMOLOGOUS ACTINOBACILLUS-PLEUROPNEUMONIAE STRAIN BUT INCOMPLETELY AGAINST A HETEROLOGOUS-SEROTYPE STRAIN, Infection and immunity, 63(6), 1995, pp. 2341-2343
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
63
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2341 - 2343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1995)63:6<2341:CPAPCA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
To study whether Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae induces a species-spe cific immunity, we infected pigs in the left lung with serotype 3 or 9 and after 3 weeks we infected their right lungs with serotype 9. Conv alescent pigs were protected against homologous strain reinfection, bu t after heterologous strain reinfection the degree of protection varie d. Neutralizing antibodies were not essential for protection.