Susceptibility of different strains of mice to various levels of infection with the eggs of Taenia taeniaeformis |
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Authors: | Margherita Conchedda Glanfranco Ferretti |
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Institution: | Istituto di Parassitologia dell'Università, via della Pineta, 77, 09100, Cagliari, Italy |
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Abstract: | Susceptibility of different mouse strains to varying levels of Taenia taeniaeformis eggs has been studied. C3H are shown to be susceptible to any quantity of eggs. However C57 and NMRI are only susceptible to 1–2 eggs, while larvae from an infection of 30–50 eggs are precociously destroyed. Sometimes fertile larvae can also develop in resistant strains of mice infected with some hundred eggs. In C3H the challenge larvae are unable to survive even from an infection given 24–48 h post-first inoculum. The hypothesis is proposed that in resistant strains, infection with 30–50 eggs induces a more rapid immune response which becomes effective while the larva is still vulnerable; in massive infections, however, immune paralysis may occur. Although susceptible strains allow primary infections to develop, they show resistance to challenge infections because larvae are destroyed before they become insusceptible to host attack. |
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Keywords: | Taenia taeniaeformis Cestode inbred mice hybrid mice infection level immune response challenge immune paralysis concomitant immunity susceptibility immunity q ratio (number of parasites/number of administered eggs) resistance speed of immune response |
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