title: Aspects of the humoral response to laboratory white mice infected with the metacestodes of Taenia crassiceps.
abstract: Two strains of laboratory white mice, CFLP and LACA, were infected with the metacestodes of Taenia crassiceps. The serum from each infected mouse was tested for antibodies on double-diffusion gel plates and the number of antigen-antibody precipitin lines formed related (a) to the duration of the infection and (b) to the volume of metacestodes. There was a significant increase in the number of antigen-antibody precipitins with regard to the time infected but not to the volume of metacestodes. The pattern of development of the antigen-antibody precipitation system was also examined.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D051379:Mice; D011234:Precipitins / Q000032:analysis; D013621:Taenia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011234:Precipitins