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Abstract
Acquired immunity against Angiostrongylus cantonensis was induced by immunizing rats with somatic antigens from fifth-stage larvae and adult worms and live third-stage larvae. Rats immunized twice had significantly fewer worms than rats immunized three times. Fewer worms were recovered from rats immunized with 200 live third-stage larvae than from any other groups. Rats immunized with somatic antigens had higher enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) antibody levels than rats immunized with live larvae. Rats immunized with live third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis were more strongly protected against challenge infections (62-92%) than rats immunized with antigens extracted from fifth-stage larvae (0-30%) and adult worms (11-24%).Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2807717 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(89)90039-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Parasitol ISSN: 0020-7519 Impact factor: 3.981