Immunization against leptospirosis: continued vaccine trials in hamsters using strains isolated from Barbados.
Heated whole-cell suspensions of L. interrogans serotype copenhageni strains isolated from the field in Barbados have proved to be protective immunogens against experimental leptospirosis.
D000818:Animals; D001460:Barbados; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D007114:Immunization; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000276:immunology*; D012703:Serotyping; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology*
D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated