Maternal transfer of resistance to schistosoma mansoni in offspring born to trichinella-infected mice

ABSTRACT

This study was performed to investigate the presence of maternal transfer of resistance to S. mansoni in mice born to Trichinella-infected mothers T. spiralis-born mice were infected with S. mansoni cercariae. Parasitological study was done at eight and twelve weeks post-schistosomal infection. There was a significant reduction in the number of schistosomes [44.4%], in the liver egg count [38.9%] and in the intestinal egg count [50.46%]. Histopathologically, there was a reduction in the number and size of granulomata at the different time intervals as well as acceleration in the inflammatory reaction