title: Observations on the host specificity of Hymenolepis straminea (Goeze).
abstract: The experimental infection of rodents as potential, definitive hosts with Hymenolepis straminea indicated that hamsters and field mice were susceptible to infection. By comparison, laboratory mice exhibited a significantly lowered susceptibility. Artificially induced depression of the immune response enabled the parasite to be cultured in several strains of laboratory mice, and suggested that the thymus played a major role in rejection of the parasite.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D006224:Cricetinae; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006926:Hymenolepis / Q000254:growth & development*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008819:Mice, Nude; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology