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Interleukin-5 (IL-5) transgenic mice are highly resistant to primary infections with the intestinal nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; few parasites are found in the intestines of infected animals, and egg production is minimal. While adult worms may be damaged in the intestine, larval migration, development, and viability may also be impaired in other tissues. This study addresses the migration of N. brasiliensis larvae through the skin and lungs and associated cellular responses in primary infections of IL-5 transgenic mice. Although some larvae may have been trapped and killed in the lungs of IL-5 transgenic mice, most apparently failed to reach this site. Two or more hours after infection of IL-5 transgenic mice, eosinophils were a major component of the cellular infiltrate at the subcutaneous site of injection, and localized eosinophil degranulation was extensive. Seventy-five to ninety-five percent of the larvae injected into subcutaneous air pouches in IL-5 transgenic mice were retained there for at least 24 h. In contrast, in nontransgenic mice, less than 20% of larvae could be recovered from the skin 2 or more h postinjection, and eosinophil activity was modest at all times. The data strongly suggest that eosinophils can restrict the movement of N. brasiliensis larvae in the first few hours of a primary infection and that this has profound effects on later stages of parasite development. Preexisting eosinophilia, due either to allergy or to infection with tissue-invasive helminth species, may therefore confer some degree of immediate and nonspecific resistance in primary infections with parasitic worms.

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Trapping and Immobilization of<i>Nippostrongylus brasiliensis</i>Larvae at the Site of Inoculation in Primary Infections of Interleukin-5 Transgenic Mice

Trapping and Immobilization ofNippostrongylus brasiliensisLarvae at the Site of Inoculation in Primary Infections of Interleukin-5 Transgenic Mice