PARASITE DEVELOPMENT AND HOST RESPONSES DURING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI INFECTION TRANSMITTED BY TSETSE-FLY
PARASITE DEVELOPMENT AND HOST RESPONSES DURING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI INFECTION TRANSMITTED BY TSETSE-FLY
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DOI:
10.1017/s0031182000054354
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
EMERY, DL
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作者:
BARRY, JD;EMERY, DL
Following inoculation of T. brucei into large mammals by the tsetse fly, a local skin reaction, the chancre, develops due to trypanosome proliferation. The afferent and efferent lymphatics of the draining lymph node in goats were cannulated and the onset of a cellular reaction, the emigration of the parasite from the chancre and the development of both antigenic variation and the specific immune response were examined. The chancre first became detectable by day 3 post-infection, peaked by day 6 and then subsided. Lymphocyte output increased 6- to 8-fold by day 10 and the number of lymphoblasts increased 50-fold in this period. Both then declined. Trypanosomes were detected in lymph 1-2 days before the chancre, peaked by days 5-6, declined during development of the chancre and then peaked again. The bloodstream population appeared by days 4-5 and displayed different kinetics from that in lymph. Recirculation of parasites through the lymphatics ensued. Lymph-borne trypanosome populations were highly pleomorphic. Parasites in lymph expressed a mixture of the variable antigen types (VAT) which are found characteristically in the tsetse fly, this being followed by a mixture of other VAT. The 2 groups overlapped in appearance. In the bloodstream the same sequence of events occurred although 2 or 3 days later. The specific antibody response, as measured by radioimmunoassay and agglutination, arose within a few days of the 1st detection of each VAT. Activities appeared 1st in the lymph and then in plasma.