The avirulence of the cultivated PF strain of Trypanosoma cruzi: VI - The effect of antilymphocytic serum in dogs

Abstract

The use of antilymphocytic serum (ALS) in dogs suppressed the immune response of a vacclnated and simultaneously ALS treated animal, increased the infectivity of a virulent strain and did not induce a typical infectian-disease in 3 dogs receiving the serum and the avirulent PF strain.