The in vitro effects of serum on the adults, metacercariae, and eggs of Opisthorchis viverrini

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 75; no. 6; pp. 825 - 831
• Main Author: Flavell, D.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 1981; Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Subjects: Animals; Cricetinae; immunity; Male; Mesocricetus; Opisthorchiasis - immunology; Opisthorchis - immunology; Opisthorchis viverrini; precipitin tests; Precipitins - immunology

Adult and juvenile Opisthorchis viverrini liverflukes incubated in hamster chronic infection serum (CIS) developed tegumental precipitates which enclosed the entire parasite. Adult worms appeared dead by 48 hours in CIS and juvenile worms by 18 hours. No such reactions were observed in normal hamste...