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INVESTIGATIONS of the host–parasite relationship of Listeria monocytogenes to man and to several species of domestic ungulates have revealed that serum antibodies reactive with the bacterium may be found in a high percentage of apparently normal individuals1. The proper interpretation of these immunological reactions has been a persisting question in serology, particularly since the species concerned are subject to clinical listeriosis. Do the antibodies demonstrate a high level of inapparent infection by a ubiquitous organism wherein few of the attacked individuals experience the clinical disease, or do they arise from antigenic stimuli other than L. monocytogenes and manifest cross-reactivity because heterogenetic antigen systems are involved ?
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OSEBOLD, J. Distribution of Agglutinating Antibodies to Listeria monocytogenes among Vertebrates. Nature 207, 209–210 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207209a0
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