| Literature DB >> 6881427 |
D A Dean, K D Murrell, S T Xu, B L Mangold.
Abstract
Mice immunized by percutaneous exposure to ultraviolet-irradiated Schistosoma mansoni cercariae developed levels of resistance to subsequent S. mansoni infection comparable to those induced by gamma-irradiated cercariae (50-70% reduction in adult worm burden). Cercariae treated with ultraviolet doses ranging from one to three times the minimum dose required to prevent long-term survival induced the highest levels of resistance.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6881427 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.790
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345