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Effects of sex and age on the susceptibility of C57BL/6J mice to infection with Brachylaima cribbi and the course of infection in NOD SCID mice.

Abstract：

:The C57BL/6J strain of Mus musculus is susceptible to the terrestrial trematode Brachylaima cribbi. The duration of infection in these mice is generally 9-12 weeks with a peak excretion of eggs at 4 weeks post-infection (wpi). The effects of age and sex on the course of infection were investigated by comparing infections in male and female mice aged 8 or 28 weeks at the time of infection. There were no significant differences in the susceptibility of the adolescent mice of either sex or older male mice. However, older, mature female mice were significantly more resistant to B. cribbi infection than older mature males and adolescent females with reduced worm burden, fecundity and egg fertility. In comparison with young males, all three parameters were again reduced but this was only significant statistically for reduced egg fertility. It is likely that mature female sex hormones influence resistance to B. cribbi infection. The susceptibility of immunodeficient NOD SCID mice was evaluated and compared with C57BL/6J mice. NOD SCID mice were susceptible to B. cribbi infection with the infection persisting with a relatively unchanged worm burden for the life of the mouse with the longest surviving mice being 31 wpi. The life-span of B. cribbi is therefore at least 31 weeks. There were no significant differences in egg excretion, worm burden or fecundity among NOD SCID mice at 4, 8 or 18 wpi. As the infection progressed in NOD SCID mice, the location of worms in the small intestine moved from the anterior third in the early stages of the infection to the mid- to posterior intestine in the later stages. Comparison of the infection in NOD SCID mice with C57BL/6J mice indicates that the expulsion of worms in the latter is mediated by an immune response.

journal_name

Parasitol Res

journal_title

Parasitology research

authors

Butcher AR,Palethorpe HM,Grove DI

doi

10.1007/s00436-002-0642-3

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-07-01 00:00:00

pages

668-74

issue

eissn

0932-0113

issn

1432-1955

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Effects of sex and age on the susceptibility of C57BL/6J mice to infection with Brachylaima cribbi and the course of infection in NOD SCID mice.