Resistance of capuchin monkeys to reinfection with Schistosoma haematobium.
Capuchin monkeys were resistant to reinfection with Schistosoma haematobium one year after exposure to 500 cercariae, but worms in these monkeys continued to produce normal numbers of eggs. Monkeys were apparently completely refractory to reinfection when challenged 2-5 years after an initial exposure of 1000 to 2000 cercariae.
D000818:Animals; D002428:Cebus; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012008:Recurrence; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology