ID Number		938
Study Type		In Vivo
Model		2450 MHz (CW) exposure to animals and analysis of immune response
Details		Mice and rabbits were exposed to 2.45 to 3 MHz (CW) for 2 hrs/day for up to 12 weeks at power densities of 5 or 15 mW/cm2 in an anechoic chamber. Following exposure, animals were infected with Staph aureus. Exposure to microwaves as well as non-microwave hyperthermia was reported to result in decreased immune response and increase disease progression and mortality.
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Microwave Safety Military Inst Hygiene, Poland - smigielski@whihe.wav.pl
Funding Agency		AF, Poland
Country		POLAND
References		Dabrowski, MP et al. Electromag Biol Med, (2003) 22:1-13 Szmigielski, S et al. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., (1975) 247:305-311 Szmigielski, S et al. International Symposium on Electromagnetic Waves and Biology (Ondes Electromagnetiques et Biologie), A-J. Berteaud and B. Servantie (editors), June 30-July 4, 1980, Paris, France., (1980) 22:127-132
Comments		The dosimetry of the exposure system was not well defined. Inacuracies or "hot spots" may have resulted in elevated exposures that would more easily explain the reported findings as thermal in nature.