INFLUENCE OF MURAMYLDIPEPTIDE (MDP) ON RATS RESISTANCE TOWARDS SHISTOSOMA-MANSONI

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 173  (6) , 1046-1049
Abstract
Partial immunity to S. mansoni in the rat can be obtained injection of a bilharzian antigen with muramyl dipeptide (MDP) in a water in oil emulsion. This immunity is the result of specific and non-specific mechanisms.