Folia Parasitologica 39[4] 383-386 (1992)
AN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION OF PORCINE STRAINS OF BLASTOCYSTIS SP IN THE LABORATORY MICE AND GERBILS
- PAKANDL, M (reprint author), CZECHOSLOVAK ACAD SCI, INST PARASITOL, BRANISOVSKA 31, CS-37005 CESKE BUDEJOVICE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Outbred laboratory mice were successfully infected with porcine strains of Blastocystis sp. using faecal stages as well as stages from fresh or passaged cultures. In contrast, inbred BALB/c mice and gerbils were only rarely infected and the intensity of their infection was mostly negligible. Blastocystis sp. was never observed inside the host cells. These results indicate a low host specifity of Blastocystis sp. as well as different sensitivity of investigated hosts to Blastocystis sp. infection.
Published: December 1, 1992 Show citation
