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IMMUNITY TO ASCARIS SUUM
Author(s) -
Bindseil Erling
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1971.tb03802.x
Subject(s) - ascaris suum , immunity , ascaris , biology , innate immune system , immunology , larva , thymectomy , helminths , immune system , ecology , myasthenia gravis
The presence of immunological factors active in the regulation of the magnitude of a primary infection with Ascaris suum was investigated in X‐irradiated mice and in neonatally thymectomized mice. More larvae developed in thymectomized mice than in their controls, but fewer larvae were recovered from irradiated mice than from the controls. It is suggested that some thymus dependent innate immunity against Ascaris suum may be present in mice. The radiation is supposed to have rendered the mice unsuitable hosts for the parasites.