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The role of colostrum and milk in protection of the neonatal mouse against peripheral infection with Ross River virus

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Neonatal mice can be protected against peripheral infection with Ross River virus by colostral and milk IgG after suckling on an immune mother. This protection supplements the transplacentally acquired protection againstin utero infection.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    A. R. Milner & I. D. Marshall

  2. Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Research Institute, Park Drive, 3052, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    A. R. Milner

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Milner, A.R., Marshall, I.D. The role of colostrum and milk in protection of the neonatal mouse against peripheral infection with Ross River virus. Archives of Virology 82, 101–104 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309372

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