Interactions between intestinal tapeworms and their hosts: present knowledge and problems.
This review on interactions between intestinal tapeworms and their hosts covers our knowledge and problems regarding the life-span of adult tapeworms, chronic versus acute infections and their background, destrobilation and its causes, genetic influence on immunity to tapeworms, spontaneous cure and effects of host immunocompetence, antibodies and cell-mediated immune responses on intestinal tapeworms. Furthermore, evidence of protective antigens, acquired immunity, concomitant immunity and strategies adopted by tapeworms to circumvent host defenses are discussed.
Andreassen
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Department of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002589:Cestoda / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000662:veterinary; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000923:Anticestodal Agents