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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
Duplex real-time reverse transcriptase PCR to determine cytokine mRNA expression in a hamster model of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis
Espitia CM, Zhao W, Saldarriaga O, Osorio Y, Harrison LM, Cappello M, Travi BL, Melby PC. Duplex real-time reverse transcriptase PCR to determine cytokine mRNA expression in a hamster model of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis. BMC Immunology 2010, 11: 31. PMID: 20569429, PMCID: PMC2909172, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-11-31.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReal-time RT-PCR assaysReal-time reverse transcriptase PCRRT-PCR assaysReverse transcriptase-PCRCutaneous leishmaniasisType 2 cytokine responsesNew World cutaneous leishmaniasisMRNA expressionDistinct immunological featuresCytokine mRNA expressionChemokine ligand 22Analysis of interleukinChemokine receptor 4Transcriptase-PCRReal-time RT-PCRImmune response moleculesMechanisms of diseaseIL-21IL-10Cytokine responsesFoxp3 expressionIL-12p40Immunological featuresIL-13Duplex real-time RT-PCR assay