FIG. 8.

Protective effect of immunization with gp43 and P10 against intratracheal infection by virulent P. brasiliensis Pb18. 1 and 3, 1 and 3.5 months of infection, respectively; L, lung; S, spleen; V, liver; C, control with Freund’s adjuvant alone; G, gp43 immunization; P, P10 immunization. In each system five to six BALB/c mice were used. The arrow indicates that with five animals, one had 195,000 CFU/g of lung tissue and the others had more than 200,000 CFU/g of lung tissue. Error bars indicate the standard deviations.