Protection Against Scrub Typhus Infection Engendered by the Passive Transfer of Immune Sera.

摘要

While searching for methods useful for differentiating Rickettsia tsutsugamushi strains investigators have noted that passive immunity was not effective in completely protecting mice against homologous challenge. This inability of passive antibodies to protect mice led to a series of investigations into the mechanisms of protection operable in the resistance to challenge following recovery from infection.