Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Experimental Parasitology
Publication Date
1-1-1985
Abstract
Trypanosoma brucei brucei, derived from the salivary glands of infected tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans) and maintained in culture for over 4 years, were infective to both albino rats and tsetse flies. Virulence was markedly enhanced during the first passage in albino rats or tsetse flies. Irradiated cultured trypanosomes induced immunity to homologous challenge but not to tsetse fly or blood-induced challenge with the same stock. © 1985.
Keywords
Culture, Hemoflagellate, Immunogenicity, Infectivity, Protozoa, parasitic, Trypanosoma brucei brucei
PubMed ID
4029345
Recommended Citation
Nyindo, M., & Wellde, B. (1985). Trypanosoma brucei: Infectivity and immunogenicity of cultured parasites. Experimental Parasitology, 60 (2), 150-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-4894(85)90017-7