Evaluation of the resistance to Schistosoma mansoni infection in Nectomys squamipes (Rodentia: Cricetidae), a natural host of infection in Brazil Avaliação da resistencia na infecção por Schistosoma mansoni em Nectomys squamipes (Rodentia: Cricetidae) um hospedeiro natural da infecção no Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Arnaldo Maldonado Jr., José Roberto Machado e Silva, Rosângela Rodrigues e Silva, Henrique Leonel Lenzi, Luis Rey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: Nectomys squamipes; Reinfection; Immunity; Wild rodent; Experimental schistosomiasis; Schistosoma mansoni; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000300001; https://doaj.org/article/e47023ab7db8482f912b4e4952655aec

The development of resistance in three stages throughout an active infection (pre-ovular, acute and initial chronic stages) was studied, comparing the total number of adult worms recovered from the reinfected group and the control groups. It was shown that Nectomys squamipes was unable to develop re...