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. 1989 Jan;57(1):299–301. doi: 10.1128/iai.57.1.299-301.1989

Protective role of serum antibody in immunity to chlamydial genital infection.

R G Rank 1, B E Batteiger 1
PMCID: PMC313093  PMID: 2909492

Abstract

Female guinea pigs were injected intraperitoneally with pooled immunoglobulin derived from animals immunized to the chlamydial agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis. Genital infections in animals receiving pooled immunoglobulin from immune animals were markedly decreased with regard to the number of inclusions detected compared with control animals. These data indicated that serum-derived antibody was able to provide a degree of protection against a chlamydial genital tract infection.

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