Abstract

The protective role of antibody in immunity to experimental infection of five-to-six-day-old infant mice with Vibrio cholerae has been confirmed. Antibody does not protect two- to three-day-old mice, and mice six- to eight-weeks of age are no longer susceptible to the infection. The results of our studies demonstrate that antibody operates by a direct antibacterial mechanism acting in the intestine.

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