The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 68, 29-38,
Copyright, 1938, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
THE QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMMUNE SERUM AND INFECTIVE DOSE OF PARASITES AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE PROTECTION TEST IN MONKEY MALARIA
Lowell T. Coggeshall M.D1 and
Monroe D. Eaton M.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of the International Health Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
The minimal infective dose of Plasmodium knowlesi for rhesus monkeys was found in this study to be between 1 and 10 parasites when injected intraperitoneally. As the dose of parasites is increased, the length of time prior to the appearance of circulating parasites is decreased. However, the severity of the infection once it is established is independent of the initial dose of parasites.
In passive protection experiments a quantitative relationship was demonstrated between the number of parasites in the inoculum and the effective amount of immune serum given at the time of infection and in equal doses daily for 9 days thereafter. The smaller the inoculum, the less the quantity of immune serum required to prevent the death of the animal.
When relatively large amounts of immune sera and small numbers of parasites were used in the protection experiment, infection was prevented.
Submitted on April 12, 1938
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