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Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles pp 661–691Cite as

Immunologic Aspects of Infectious Diseases

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Reptiles and amphibians have been reported to harbor and maintain susceptibility to a wide range of potentially pathogenic agents (Ahne, 1977; Anver et al., 1976; Brock et al., 1976; Cooper et al., 1978; Cosgrove and Jared, 1974; Dondaldson et al., 1975; Glorioso et al., 1974; Kwapinski et al., 1974; Marcus, 1971; McKenzie and Green, 1976; Mizeli, 1968; Page, 1966; Reichenbach-Klinke and Elkan, 1965; Scherr and Rippon, 1959; Telford, 1971; Vogel, 1958). Antigenic components from bacterial and viral agents have been shown to stimulate agglutinating and neutralizing antibody production in lower vertebrates, including all orders of reptiles and some amphibians (Good and Papermaster, 1964). Cell-mediated immune responses to such agents in these species have only recently been investigated.

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