: acquired resistance in mice by implantation of young irradiated worms into the portal system

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Z. Coelho, Rómulo Teixeira de Mello, Carlos Alberto P. Tavares
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1989
• Subjects: Schistosoma mansoni; - irradiated worms; immunoprotection; transplantation of worms; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; The Portal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651989000100003; https://doaj.org/article/2399b46e32ea4051a90e4ad9cfd5e357

In two distinct experiments, immature S. mansoni worms (LE strain, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), aged 20 days, obtained from the portal system of white outbred mice, were irradiated with 14 and 4 Krad, respectively. Afterwards, the worms were directly inoculated into the portal vein of normal mice. Inocu...