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It was found that the serum of immunized guinea pigs acquired the capacity to reduce the virulence of tuberculosis mycobacteria. There was also an attendant reduction in the catalase activity of tuberculosis bacilli although no parallelism in the changes of these properties was observed. The catalase activity and the extent of virulence do not seem to be directly associated with each other, insofar as manifestations of the vital activity of tuberculosis bacilli are concerned.
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Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 58, No. 10. pp. 96–98, October, 1964
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Shenderova, P.I., Vitrinskaya, A.M. The effect of the humoral factor of immunized guinea pigs on the virulence and catalase activity of Bacillus tuberculosis. Bull Exp Biol Med 58, 1233–1235 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00785017
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