@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-15-2-259, author = "Adler, B. and Faine, S.", title = "Evidence that Leptospiral Lipopolysaccharide is not an Important Protective Antigen", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1982", volume = "15", number = "2", pages = "259-262", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-15-2-259", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-15-2-259", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY CBA/N mice, which could not produce antibodies against lipopoly-saccharide (LPS) from either Escherichia coli or Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona, produced levels of agglutinating antibodies against leptospires similar to those produced by immunologically normal CBA mice. CBA/N mice were thus resistant to acute leptospiral infection and CBA/N immune serum passively protected immunosuppressed mice from infection. The results suggest that antibodies against LPS are not important in protection against experimental leptospiral infection in mice.", }