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The Sterilization of Anti-typhoid Vaccine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Harry Schütze
Affiliation:
Bacteriological Department, Lister Institute, London
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Our knowledge of the antigens of the typhoid bacillus has recently been enlarged by the investigations of Felix & Pitt (1934).

It has been recognized that the Vi antigen, newly established by these workers, is not only a very important factor in immunity, but also apparently a more labile substance than the O antigen hitherto regarded as the portion of the typhoid soma vitally concerned with the production of prophylactic immunity.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

References

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