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Immunization
Research from K. Knopf and co-authors reveals new findings on immunization
August 20th, 2008
According to recent research from Berlin, Germany, "The original host of the swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus, the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) and the recently colonized European eel (Anguilla anguilla) were immunized with 40 irradiated (500 Gy) 3rd-stage larvae (L-3) of this parasite and challenged with an infection of 40 normal L3. The immunization induced a significant reduction of the number of adult worms developing from the challenge infection in A. japonica, but not in A. anguilla." "The induced resistance (calculated using the relation of the number of adult worms in immunized eels and in non-immunized control eels) in A.japonica was 87.3% +/-...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-20)
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