Echinostoma caproni: Intestinal pathology in the golden hamster, a highly compatible host, and the Wistar rat, a less compatible host

• Published in: Experimental parasitology Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 164 - 171
• Main Authors: Toledo, Rafael, Monteagudo, Carlos, Espert, Ana, Fried, Bernard, Esteban, J. Guillermo, Marcilla, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.03.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antigens, Helminth - analysis; Biological and medical sciences; Cricetinae; Echinostoma; Echinostoma - immunology; Echinostoma - pathogenicity; Echinostoma caproni; Echinostomiasis - immunology; Echinostomiasis - pathology; excretory/secretory; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Goblet Cells - pathology; Hamster; hematoxylin–eosin; high power field; Host-Parasite Interactions; HPF; H–E; IFN-γ; IL-13; Immunoglobulin G - immunology; Inflammation; interferon-γ; interleukin-13; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - immunology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - pathology; Intestinal pathology; Intestines - parasitology; Intestines - pathology; Life cycle. Host-agent relationship. Pathogenesis; Male; Mesocricetus; Protozoa; Rat; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Species Specificity; VCU; villus-crypt unit; IFN-γ; Rat; Echinostoma; Echinostoma caproni; VCU; Inflammation; IL-13; Hamster; Intestinal pathology; H–E; ES; HPF; Mesocricetus auratus; Interleukin; Rodentia; Plathelmintha; Parasite; Host; Trematoda; high power field; ES; interleukin-13; Echinostoma; Echinostoma caproni; Hamster; Rat; Intestinal pathology; Inflammation; IFN-γ; hematoxylin-eosin; VCU; Vertebrata; Mammalia; villus-crypt unit; HPF; Helmintha; interferon-γ; H-E; excretory/secretory; IL-13; Interferon; Invertebrata

The histopathological changes induced by Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in a high (golden hamster) and a low compatible host (rat) were compared at 15 and 30 days post-infection. Infection of rats was characterized by a progressive increase in erosion of villi and elevated numbers...