Circulating antibody response of mice exposed to 9-GHz pulsed microwave radiation

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5526316

Liddle, C G; Putnam, J P; Lewter, O H; West, M; Morrow, G

Female CD-1 mice immunized against the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae type III were exposed to 9-GHz pulsed microwaves (pulse repetition rate 970-1.000, pulse width 1.0 micro seconds, peak power 1 W/cm2) at an average incident power density of 1 mW/sq.cm. (calculated SAR = 0.47 W/kg) for 2 h per day for 5 days. Circulating antibody titers for the microwave-exposed animals were not significantly different from those of the sham-irradiated animals, and there were no differences in any of the hematological parameters analyzed, indicating that 9-GHz pulsed microwaves at 1 mW/sq.cm. do not alter the immune response of mice immunized against S pneumoniae.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Health Effects Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5526316
• Report Number(s): PB-86-185535/XAB; EPA/600/J-86/023
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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