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An extended proof of migration routes of immature parasites inside hosts: pathways of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Strongyloides ratti in the rat are mutually exclusive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

N. R. Tindall  and
P. A. G. Wilson
N. R. Tindall
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Department of Zoology, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT
P. A. G. Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Department of Zoology, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT
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Summary

Rigorous proofs applicable to the routes of migration of Strongyloides ratti and Nippostrongylus brasiliensis skin-penetrating juveniles inside the rat are extended. By applying the inequality principle (Tindall & Wilson, 1988) it was confirmed with a probability of error of I in 1010 that N. brasiliensis larvae applied to the skin passed through the lungs on their way to the intestine. Taking the analysis further, migrating larvae of S. ratti or N. brasiliensis were extracted from the nose or lungs, respectively, of donor rats and transferred to recipients by stomach tube to assay their ability to colonize the intestine. Results showed that (a) changes undergone by each parasite in its proven, specific transit site were essential before larvae could establish in the intestines of recipients, (b) these changes were not completed until larvae had been in the nose or lung for a significant period.

Keywords

migrationproofroutenematodeparasite
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 100 , Issue 2 , April 1990 , pp. 281 - 288
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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