: acquired resistance in mice by implantation of young irradiated worms into the portal system

In two distinct experiments, immature S. mansoni worms (LE strain, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), aged 20 days, obtained from the portal system of white outbred mice, were irradiated with 14 and 4 Krad, respectively. Afterwards, the worms were directly inoculated into the portal vein of normal mice. Inocu...

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Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Z. Coelho, Rómulo Teixeira de Mello, Carlos Alberto P. Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1989-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651989000100003&lng=en&tlng=en