Treponema pallidum-immobilizing antibodies in guinea pig experimental syphilis.
Treponema pallidum-immobilizing (TPI) antibodies were examined in intradermally infected inbred strain 13 and adoptively immune inbred strain 2 guinea pigs. Both strains of animals produced TPI antibodies at or after 90 days of infection. TPI antibodies were not associated with the protective mechanism(s) operative after challenge in adoptively immune animals.
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Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201.
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D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D013587:Syphilis / Q000276:immunology*; D014209:Treponema Immobilization Test; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial