[The effect of tularemia vaccine on the radioresistance of white rats exposed to x-irradiation]. / Vliianie tuliaremiinoi vaktsiny na radioustoichivost' belykh krys pri rentgenovskom obluchenii.

A single epicutaneous vaccination of Wistar rats with tularemic live vaccine 15 days before X-irradiation with doses of 6.0, 8.0 and 2.0 + 6.0 Gy was shown to increase their radioresistance. With higher doses (up to 8.0 Gy) the effect of the vaccine was less pronounced.