Schistosoma japonicum:establishment of a mouse model that demonstrates concomitant immunity

摘要

@@ Concomitant immunity to schistosome reinfection in vivo is generally thought to be the immune response induced by and relying on living adult worms.1,2 However, a few authors3,4 have suggested that the mechanism of resistance may be related to the hepatic pathology caused by the primary infection. The vascular pathology might enable the challenge schistosomula to escape from the hepatic portal system, thus preventing normal parasite sequestration and maturation in the liver.