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Acquired Immunity and Helminthic Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

E. L. Taylor
E. L. Taylor
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge
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Resistance against an infective organism is a self evident requirement for healthy survival within the endemic area of any spreading disease, the most constant and the most effective force being the immunity that is acquired as a result of infection. In developed parts of the world most members of the human community must go through the process of acquiring resistance to measles, mumps and chicken pox in order to have assurance that they will not at some time be incapacitated by one or the other. The dog community is in a similar position with regard to distemper. This principle for preparation to live healthy in an infected environment is widely accepted for the microbial crowd—diseases of man and animals, but has not so far received general acceptance for diseases caused by parasitic worms.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 35 , supplement S1 , April 1961 , pp. 175 - 178
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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