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Trapping of large numbers of larvae in the livers of Toxocara canis-reinfected mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Kazuo Sugane  and
Tomoo Oshima
Kazuo Sugane
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama City, Japan
Tomoo Oshima
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama City, Japan
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Abstract

Congenially athymic nude mice (BALB/c-nu/nu) and BALB/c-nu/+ were infected with 500 embryonated Toxocara canis eggs. Six weeks later they were reinfected with the same number of eggs. The liver and other organs were examined for numbers of 2nd-stage larvae at 2,4, and 6 weeks after reinfection. Far more larvae were trapped in the liver after reinfection than after the primary infection but fewer were found in the livers of BALB/c-nu/nu than in BALB/c-nu/+ mice.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 95 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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