title: Failure of experimental infection of baboons (Papio hamadryas) with the eggs of Asian Taenia.
abstract: The infectivity of the eggs of Asian Taenia sp. for humans is not known. Using baboons (Papio hamadryas) as a model to extrapolate the findings, three animals were exposed per os with 1000, 10,000 and 50,000 infective eggs of the Asian Taenia sp. The serological, biochemical, haematological and parasitological (based on necropsy) results show that baboons are refractory to the infection. It is concluded that the Asian taeniid eggs may fail to develop in man.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geerts
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vervoort
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Deken
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Eom
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010063:Ovum / Q000254:growth & development; D010215:Papio; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D013621:Taenia / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth