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Concomitant immunity in a rodent model of filariasis: the infection of Meriones unguiculatus with Acanthocheilonema viteae.

Abstract
In an attempt to study the occurrence of concomitant immunity in filarial infections, jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) were experimentally infected with Acanthocheilonema viteae, and patent animals were superinfected with a defined dose of A. viteae stage 3 larvae (L3). Infected animals harbored significantly less worms deriving from the superinfection than the control group (P < 0.05, 56.2%, and 63.4% protection), as shown by analysis of female worms 6 wk after superinfection on the basis of their developmental status and their length. This protection was not due to contact with L3 antigens because a significant reduction of worm burdens deriving of a superinfection was also observed after subcutaneous implantation of a single female worm (P < 0.05, 40.2% and 64.9% protection). The induced protective responses target L3 and restrict their migration because an established infection resulted in a reduction of L3 recovery (95.6% and 94.3%, P < 0.001) from tissues of jirds at day 5 after superinfection. Other data show that L3 from a superinfection are trapped within eosinophil-rich granulomas, which is likely to create unfavorable conditions for the worms and to lead to later death. Taken together, established A. viteae-infections partially protect hosts against homologous superinfection by an immune-mediated mechanism and, thus, regulate the population density of the parasites within the host by concomitant immunity.
AuthorsSethu Rajakumar, Wilfrid Bleiss, Susanne Hartmann, Peter Schierack, Anorte Marko, Richard Lucius
JournalThe Journal of parasitology (J Parasitol) Vol. 92 Issue 1 Pg. 41-5 (Feb 2006) ISSN: 0022-3395 [Print] United States
PMID16629313 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Animals
  • Dipetalonema (immunology, isolation & purification)
  • Dipetalonema Infections (immunology, parasitology, transmission)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Gerbillinae (immunology, parasitology)
  • Larva (immunology)
  • Male
  • Population Density
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Time Factors

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