Schistosoma mansoni: inflammatory foci around larvae in the peritoneal cavity of naive mice is radiosensitive

Autor: Alan Lane de MELO, Munir CHAMONE
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 43, Iss 2, Pp 63-65 (2001)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9946
Popis: Innate attack to Schistosoma mansoni cercariae was evaluated in irradiated mice. It was observed that 70% of the larvae from mice sacrificed one day after whole body irradiation with 400 or 800 rads were surrounded by cluster reactivities, without difference from controls. Differences were apparent on day 5 after irradiation with sub lethal (400 rads) or lethal doses (800 rads) suggesting that innate defence to infection take at least 5 days to be affected by low dose whole-body radiation.
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