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Nematospiroides dubius: stimulation of acquired immunity in inbred strains of mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Jerzy M. Behnke  and
D. Wakelin
Jerzy M. Behnke
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental ParasitologyUniversity of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH
D. Wakelin
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental ParasitologyUniversity of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH
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Abstract

The development of immunity to Nematospiroides dubius was studied in three strains of inbred mice (BALB/c, C3H and NIH). Although a primary infection in NIH mice persisted for two months without evidence of a reduction in worm numbers, female mice of this strain readily developed resistance to reinfection. The degree of resistance was enhanced when an immunizing infection of 600 larvae was administered as 6 separate doses of 100 larvae given between days 0 and 11, and the worms removed by anthelmintic treatment given on days 15, 21, 28 and 35. Immunity in mice immunized in this way was manifest both as a reduction in worm recoveries on days 9–14 after challenge and also as an expulsion of established worms from the intestine. BALB/c mice were initially less resistant, but expelled most of the worms which became established; C3H mice showed no evidence of expulsion. The finding that inbred NIH and BALB/c mice acquire resistance to N. dubius offers possibilities for the systematic analysis of lymphoid cell activity in initiating and expressing immunity to this parasite.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , September 1977 , pp. 167 - 175
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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