Experimental infection of rhesus monkeys with Schistosoma incognitum and Orientobilharzia dattai.
Rhesus monkeys inoculated subcutaneously with 800-2500 cercariae of Schistosoma incognitum did not yield adult worms. Percutaneous exposures, however, resulted in the presence of adult flukes 21-35 days post infection. The infection became very mild (0-4 flukes) 45-100 days after exposure and no eggs were excreted. Monkeys percutaneously exposed to cercariae of Orientobilharzia dattai and treated with prednisolone yielded a very small number of flukes 22 days after exposure while non treated controls yielded no adult worms.
D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000494:pharmacology; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013045:Species Specificity
D011239:Prednisolone