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. 1926 Feb 28;43(3):327–330. doi: 10.1084/jem.43.3.327

FURTHER DATA ON THE EFFECT OF VACCINATION AGAINST BOVINE INFECTIOUS ABORTION

Theobald Smith 1, Ralph B Little 1
PMCID: PMC2131113  PMID: 19869125

Abstract

The partial protection afforded by four injections of a heated culture of Bacillus abortus of normal virulence during the first pregnancy is in part lost in the second. The superiority of a single injection of a living culture of relatively low virulence is evident in both pregnancies. In the experiment described, the protection was complete.

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