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The effect of the expulsion phase of Trichinella spiralis on Hymenolepis diminuta infection in rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. R. Christie ,
D. Wakelin  and
M. M. Wilson
P. R. Christie
Affiliation:
Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH
D. Wakelin
Affiliation:
Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH
M. M. Wilson
Affiliation:
Wellcome Laboratories for Experimental Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH
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Summary

The effect of the intestinal changes brought about by the expulsion of Trichinella spiralis in rats was studied in relation to the growth and survival of a concurrent infection with Hymenolepis diminuta, a cestode not normally rejected by the rat in low-level infections. Growth of H. diminuta was stunted in rats given T. spiralis just before, or after, infection with H. diminuta, the stunting being more pronounced when the cestode was given closer to the period of inflammation. There was no loss of the cestode from dual-infected rats and no evidence for destrobilation was found. Lower T. spiralis burdens had a correspondingly weaker effect on growth of H. diminuta, and stunting was abolished by administration of the anti-inflammatory drug cortisone acetate. It is concluded that the stunting of H. diminuta is probably due to the non-specific inflammatory component of the rat's response to T. spiralis infection.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , June 1979 , pp. 323 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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