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The duration of residual immunity following spontaneous cure of Plasmodium berghei in rats
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
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1. In intact rats infected with P. berghei spontaneous eradication of infection has occurred by about 4 months after the day of inoculation.
2. These recovered rats show a strong residual immunity to reinfection with a heterologous strain, but this has begun to wane by 15–18 months after cure of the initial infection.
I owe many thanks to Miss W. J. Wall and Miss J. Wrugh of the Ross Institute for maintenance of the rats and assistance with the blood films.
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