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Infect Immun. 1984 December; 46(3): 826-830

Immunity against infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in mice correlates with presence of antibodies against three trypomastigote polypeptides.

ABSTRACT

Repeated immunizations of CF1 mice with irradiated noninfectious Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes resulted in partial protection against infection with live parasites. It also induced a limited number of antibody species that were reactive in Western blots with trypomastigote but not with epimastigote or amastigote polypeptides. These antibody species were strongly reactive with a 100,000-dalton polypeptide and much less reactive with at least two polypeptides greater than 200,000 daltons. Immunization with epimastigotes induced antibodies against a 57,000-dalton epimastigote-specific polypeptide but did not induce protective immunity.