Protective effect of early serum from mice after cytomegalovirus infection

T. Araullo-Cruz, M. Ho, J A Armstrong

Infection and Immunity · 1978 · 53 citations · 9 references

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Serum obtained from mice 3 to 5 days after cytomegalovirus infection contained complement-requiring neutralizing antibody, which, when passively transferred, protected mice from lethal infection with the homologous virus. The active substance was largely heat-stable 7s immunoglobulin.

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