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. 1982 Sep;37(3):1074–1078. doi: 10.1128/iai.37.3.1074-1078.1982

Parenteral Immunization with Live Respiratory Syncytial Virus Is Blocked in Seropositive Cotton Rats

Gregory A Prince 1, Robert L Horswood 1, Ena Camargo 1, Stephen C Suffin 1, Robert M Chanock 1
PMCID: PMC347650  PMID: 6752019

Abstract

Seropositive cotton rats cannot be immunized by intramuscular inoculation of live respiratory syncytial virus. Passively administered antiserum was shown to effect the immunosuppression. By contrast, the presence of serum antibody did not block immunization by the intranasal route.

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