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Cutting edge : antibody-mediated cessation of hemotropic infection by the intraerythrocytic mouse pathogen Bartonella grahamii

Koesling, J. and Aebischer, T. and Falch, C. and Schulein, R. and Dehio, C.. (2001) Cutting edge : antibody-mediated cessation of hemotropic infection by the intraerythrocytic mouse pathogen Bartonella grahamii. Journal of immunology, Vol. 167, H. 1. pp. 11-14.

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Abstract

The genus Bartonella includes important human-specific and zoonotic pathogens which cause intraerythrocytic bacteremia in their mammalian reservoir host(s). It is accepted that cellular immunity plays a decisive role in the host's defense against most intracellular bacteria. Bartonella sp. infection in the immunocompetent host typically leads to immunity against homologous challenge. The basis of this immunity, be it cellular or humoral, is unclear. In this study, the course of Bartonella grahamii bacteremia in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice was compared. In immunocompetent hosts, the bacteremia is transient and induces a strong humoral immune response. In contrast, bacteremia persists in immunocompromised B and T cell-deficient mice. Immune serum transfer beginning with day 6 postinfection to B cell-deficient mice unable to produce Igs converted the persistent bacteremia to a transient course indistinguishable from that of immunocompetent animals. These data demonstrate an essential role for specific Abs in abrogating the intraerythrocytic bacteremia of B. grahamii in mice.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Infection Biology > Molecular Microbiology (Dehio)
UniBasel Contributors:Dehio, Christoph
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:American Assoc. of Immunologists
ISSN:0022-1767
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Last Modified:22 Mar 2012 14:20
Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:21

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