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Comparison of percutaneous vs oral infection of hamsters with the hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum: Parasite development, pathology and primary immune response
Bungiro RD, Harrison LM, Dondji B, Cappello M. Comparison of percutaneous vs oral infection of hamsters with the hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum: Parasite development, pathology and primary immune response. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2022, 16: e0010098. PMID: 34986139, PMCID: PMC8765627, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular immune responsesGolden Syrian hamstersImmune responsePercutaneous infectionOral infectionSyrian hamstersAncylostoma ceylanicumPrimary immune responseRoute of infectionModerate growth delayFaecal egg outputPercutaneous groupImmunological manifestationsAntibody titersHookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicumInfected hamstersWorm recoveryLarval antigensBlood hemoglobinDisease pathogenesisHost responseGrowth delayHuman infectionsInfectionA. ceylanicum
2010
CD4+ T cells mediate mucosal and systemic immune responses to experimental hookworm infection
DONDJI B, SUN T, BUNGIRO RD, VERMEIRE JJ, HARRISON LM, BIFULCO C, CAPPELLO M. CD4+ T cells mediate mucosal and systemic immune responses to experimental hookworm infection. Parasite Immunology 2010, 32: 406-413. PMID: 20500671, PMCID: PMC3241967, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2010.01204.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsImmune responseHookworm infectionHost cellular immune responseExperimental hookworm infectionT-cell depletionMesenteric lymph nodesSystemic immune responsesCellular immune responsesHumoral immune responseIntestinal nematode infectionsIntestinal worm burdenResource-limited countriesHookworm antigensLymph nodesSevere anemiaIntraperitoneal injectionLymphocyte proliferationHookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicumIsotype controlDisease pathogenesisWorm burdenSyrian hamstersAncylostoma ceylanicumEffector role
2003
Oral Transfer of Adult Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworms into Permissive and Nonpermissive Host Species
Bungiro RD, Anderson BR, Cappello M. Oral Transfer of Adult Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworms into Permissive and Nonpermissive Host Species. Infection And Immunity 2003, 71: 1880-1886. PMID: 12654804, PMCID: PMC152085, DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.4.1880-1886.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBALB/c miceHigh-dose groupHumoral immune responseCD-1 miceLong-term survivalRecovery of parasitesExcretory-secretory productsHemoglobin levelsPrechallenge levelsC57BL/6 miceHookworm infectionC miceWeanling hamstersOral infectionImmune responseMurine modelHookworm larvaeSyrian hamstersMouse strainsTypical infectionsInfectionPrior exposureMiceAdult wormsOral transfer