title: Transient retention of Strongyloides ratti in the caecal mucosa during infection in mice.
abstract: Adult worms of Strongyloides ratti, after elimination from the small intestine, were retained in the caecum for at least three days during the infection in mice. This retention was a biological event but not due to a simple mechanical trapping in faeces. In addition to the local mucosal mastocytosis, eosinophil infiltration was remarkable in the caecum around day 10 when adult worms were expelled from there.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000469:parasitology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D007700:Kinetics; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017170:Strongyloides ratti / Q000254:growth & development*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000469:parasitology*