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Dipetalonema viteae infection in hamsters: enhancement and suppression of microfilaraemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. Haque ,
D. Chassoux ,
B. M. Ogilvie  and
A. Capron
A. Haque
Affiliation:
Institut Pasteur, 59012 Lille Cedex, France
D. Chassoux
Affiliation:
Institut Pasteur, 59012 Lille Cedex, France
B. M. Ogilvie
Affiliation:
National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA
A. Capron
Affiliation:
Institut Pasteur, 59012 Lille Cedex, France
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Summary

Mature male Dipetalonema viteae released a substance(s) which caused eahanced microfilaraemia in infected hamsters. In hamsters implanted with female D. viteae, the microfilaraemia of a subsequent infection was suppressed. The microfilaraemia of female worms implanted in hamsters was depressed within 5 days when the animals were given a further infection with infective larvae.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 77 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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