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Aspects of the humoral response of laboratory white mice infected with the metacestodes of Taenia crassiceps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Jack Chernin
Jack Chernin
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, North East Surrey College of Technology, Reigate Road, Ewell, Surrey, England
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Abstract

Two strains of laboratory white mice, CFLP and LACA, were infected with the metacestodes of Taenia crassiceps. The serum from each infected mouse was tested for antibodies on double-diffusion gel plates and the number of antigen-antibody precipitin lines formed related (a) to the duration of the infection and (b) to the volume of metacestodes. There was a significant increase in the number of antigen-antibody precipitins with regard to the time infected but not to the volume of metacestodes. The pattern of development of the antigen-antibody precipitation system was also examined.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , June 1977 , pp. 137 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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