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Duration of Passive Immunity. Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. T. Glenny  and
Barbara E. Hopkins
A. T. Glenny
Affiliation:
(From the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories.)
Barbara E. Hopkins
Affiliation:
(From the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories.)
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1. Normal rabbits injected intravenously with diphtheria antitoxin obtained from a horse vary considerably both in regard to the duration of Phase B and the duration and the intensity of Phase C.

2. Phase C, the phase of accelerated loss due to formation of precipitin appears sooner and is more pronounced in older rabbits.

3. The early appearance and more rapid formation of antibody (precipitin) in certain rabbits is indicative of naturally acquired immunity.

4. The highest concentration in the blood of rabbits injected subcutaneously with antitoxic horse serum is seen after 2 to 3 days, when it reaches approximately the same value as that of rabbits injected intravenously, and represents only one-third of the total antitoxin injected. Two hours after subcutaneous injection the antitoxic content is only one two-hundredth of that of a rabbit injected intravenously.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , October 1923 , pp. 12 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1923