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Resistance of Mice to Secondary Infection with Schistosoma Mansoni

I. Comparison of Bisexual and Unisexual Initial Infections^*

Mice receiving a unisexual primary infection with either sex of Schistosoma mansoni did not develop detectable resistance to reinfection. In contrast, mice receiving a bisexual primary infection developed a high degree of resistance. The number of adult worms developing from the challenge infection was reduced, relative to controls, by 72–100% at challenge times of 6 weeks or greater.

Accepted for publication March 25, 1978.

^* This work was supported by the Naval Medical Research and Development Command, Work Unit No. MR041.05.01.0023, Office of Naval Research Contract Nos. N00014.76.C.0053 and N00014.76.C.0146, and a grant from the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the U.S. Navy Department or the naval service at large. The experiments reported herein were conducted according to the principles set forth in the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals," Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, DHEW Pub. No. (NIH) 74-23.

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