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Failure of experimental infection of baboons (Papio hamadryas) with the eggs of Asian Taenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

E.H. Fall ,
S. Geerts ,
V. Kumar ,
T. Vervoort ,
R. De Deken  and
K. S. Eom
E.H. Fall
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
S. Geerts
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
V. Kumar
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
T. Vervoort
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
R. De Deken
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
K. S. Eom
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University,Chungbuk 360-763, Republic of Korea
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Abstract

The infectivity of the eggs of Asian Taenia sp. for humans is not known. Using baboons (Papio hamadryas) as a model to extrapolate the findings, three animals were exposed per os with 1000, 10,000 and 50,000 infective eggs of theAsian Taenia sp. The serological, biochemical, haematological and parasitological (based on necropsy) results show that baboons are refractory to the infection. It is concluded that the Asian taeniid eggs may fail to develop in man.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 367 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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