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THE new-born rabbit is known to show an immunological reactivity which differs in several respects from that of the mature animal. We have found that rabbits injected at birth with coliphage T2 show, after a short delay, phage-neutralizing activity in their sera which appears to be antibody. These antibodies, however, differ in several aspects from the phage-neutralizing antibodies produced by adult animals immunized with the same bacteriophage.
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PERNIS, B., GHEZZI, I. & TURRI, M. Properties of Phage-neutralizing Antibodies produced by New-born Rabbits. Nature 197, 807–808 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197807a0
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