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. 1981 Nov;34(2):637–639. doi: 10.1128/iai.34.2.637-639.1981

Protection in rats immunized with Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin.

F A Klipstein, R F Engert, J D Clements
PMCID: PMC350915  PMID: 7030964

Abstract

Rats immunized with a semipurified preparation of the Escherichia coli heat-stable (ST) enterotoxin conjugated with a protein carrier were protected against challenge with semipurified or purified ST and viable organisms of multiple heterologous serotypes that produce only ST (LT-/ST+), but they were not protected against heal-labile (LT) toxin or viable strains which produce LT either alone (LT+/ST-) or together with ST (LT+/ST+).

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