Vaccination with Trichinella spirallis antigens increases CD8+ peripheral T cells and enhances the Th2 immune response in Leishmania infantum challenged mice.

In this study we investigate the effect of Trichinella spiralis vaccination on immune responses elicited in BALB/c mice challenged subcutaneously with 0.5 x 10 6 of Leishmania infantum promastigotes. Secretion of specific anti-L.

Long-term evaluation of patients with hydatidosis treated with albendazole and praziquantel.

Hydatidosis is a usually asymptomatic chronic disease. In most patients who undergo surgery, hydatidosis is not resolved due to high recurrence rate. However, long-term treatment with albendazole has been found to have a significant efficacy that has been further improved when albendazole is combined with praziquantel and fat-rich diet.

Immunoglobulin and cytokine profile in murine secondary hydatidosis.

We have investigated specific immune responses in BALB/c mice with experimentally induced secondary hydatidosis. Following intraperitoneal inoculation of brood capsules containing Echinococcus granulosus-protoscoleces, the course of the infection was followed for 513 days. The sera of the mice were screened for the presence of a number of cytokines, and for specific antibodies.

Prevalence of microfilaraemia in episodic weakness and clinically normal dogs belonging to hunting breeds.

Blood samples from 50 dogs with episodic weakness and 50 clinically normal dogs, all belonging to hunting breeds, were examined for microfilariae using the modified Knott's method. The prevalence of microfilaraemia in dogs belonging to the episodic weakness group was 10% for Dirofilaria immitis, 30% for Dirofilaria repens and 8% for Acanthocheilonema reconditum. In the clinically normal group, the figures were 14% for Dirofilaria repens and 4% for Acanthocheilonema reconditum.