A study was made of the efficacy of various antityphoid immunizing agents in immunizing chimpanzees against typhoid fever produced by feeding viable S. typhosa.
It was found that both acetone-killed and heat-killed, phenol-preserved typhoid vaccines were effective in protecting against infection induced with either homologous or heterologous strains of typhoid bacilli.
Purified O antigen induced no discernible protection, but some immunity was afforded by the administration of purified Vi antigen.
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Copyright, 1961, by The Rockefeller Institute
1961
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