Passive transfer of meningococcal group B polysaccharide antibodies to the offspring of pregnant rabbits and their protective role against infection with Escherichia coli K1

Vaccine
M R LifelyC Moreno

Abstract

Pregnant rabbits vaccinated with meningococcal group B polysaccharide complexed to outer membrane proteins (serotype 6) responded to produce IgG, IgM and IgA anti-B polysaccharide antibodies, which were passively transferred to the offspring (IgG preferentially) and could be detected in their sera immediately after birth. These antibody levels were sustained in the mothers but diminished in the offspring to background levels at day 22 after birth. In a subsequent experiment, rabbits immunized with the group B vaccine had offspring that proved considerably more resistant to infection with Escherichia coli K1 than the control litters from non-immune mothers. Although not complete, protection was statistically of high significance and correlated well with the anti-B polysaccharide titres obtained in the mothers.

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