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TABLE 2.

Serum antibody responsesa

Animal no. Status IgM IgG
424 Control 0.141 0.021
423 Control 0.115 0.092
477 Control ND ND
Mean Control 0.128 0.057
SEM Control 0.013 0.036
10 Infected 0.247 0.141
1072 Infected 0.088 0.034
323 Infected 0.161 0.537
107 Infected 0.394 0.051
167 Infected 0.201 0.590
5247 Infected ND ND
Mean Infected 0.218 0.271
SEM Infected 0.051 0.121
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Data represent optical density readings of ELISA (see Materials and Methods) for serum antibody from individual animals. The group means ± SEM are presented in bold face. Serum was diluted 1:400. ND, not determined.