title: An experimental transmission of porcine strains of Blastocystis sp. in the laboratory mice and gerbils.
abstract: 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 specificity of Blastocystis sp. as well as different sensitivity of investigated hosts to Blastocystis sp. infection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ceské Budĕjovice.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pakandl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice / Q000469:parasitology; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission