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Studies on the resistance of rats to the nematode Nippostrongylus muris (Yokogawa, 1920). II. Different routes of immunization and test infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. C. Hunter  and
L. C. Leigh
G. C. Hunter
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
L. C. Leigh
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
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Rats were given immunizing doses of N. muris larvae by three different routes: orally and intraperitoneally and through the skin. The immunized rats survived a test infection which was lethal for non-immune rats. Only the rats immunized by the skin route showed skin sensitivity.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 51 , Issue 3-4 , November 1961 , pp. 353 - 356
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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