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Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: the distribution of primary worm populations within the small intestine of neonatal rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. Conwil Jenkins
D. Conwil Jenkins
Affiliation:
The Research Laboratories, May & Baker Ltd, Dagenham, Essex
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When neonatal rats were exposed to a small (200 larvae) primary infection of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis the worms that became established in the intestine were found in the mid-jejunum on both the seventh and the fourteenth day after infection. By day 21 most of the worms had migrated to the duodenum where they remained subsequently.

When similar rats were exposed to a heavy primary infection (1500 larvae) the worms were found to be distributed along the length of the duodenum and jejunum by the seventh day. By day 28, however, a proportion of worms equal to that formerly located in the jejunum had been expelled, leaving a population of about 300 worms in the duodenum.

It is suggested that the increased longevity of those worms that survive the effects of host immunity is dependent on their location at the duodenal site. The possibility is raised that the duodenum may be an immunologically privileged site for N. brasiliensis in young rats.

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Parasitology , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , June 1974 , pp. 339 - 345
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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