title: Killed vaccine in adjuvant and protection of mice against an intraperitoneal challenge of Brucella: kinetic studies.
abstract: CD-I female mice were immunized with a subcutaneous injection of heat-inactivated Brucella melitensis (strain 53 H 38) incorporated into a water-in-oil emulsion. One month later, the effectiveness of this immunization was investigated by studying quantitatively in the spleen the fate of an intraperitoneal challenge inoculum of approximately I X 10(6) viable B. abortus strain 544. In unvaccinated mice, the number of viable challenge bacteria increased until about the 10th day, decreased and then remained at a nearly constant level. In animals vaccinated with a suitable dose of inactivated Brucella in adjuvant, the number of challenge organisms decreased on the first two days, then increased, but remained at a lower level than that found in control animals; the spleens of control animals reached higher weights than those of vaccinated ones. The effect of graduated doses of challenge on immunized mice was investigated: the splenic infection diminished sooner when the challenge dose was weaker. The findings are discussed in relation to the methods used to test the potency of Brucella vaccines.
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines