ALTERATION OF AMICROFILAREMIA IN DIPETALONEMA-VITEAE INFECTED HAMSTERS WITH IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS

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  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 35  (1) , 57-61
Abstract
D. viteae-infected hamsters with amicrofilaremic infections were subjected to immunosuppressive therapy. Methyl prednisolone acetate caused the most severe recrudescence of microfilariae, while cyclophosphamide caused a low level, transient microfilaremia. Saline injected control hamsters remained amicrofilaremic. Neither drug influenced the number of adult worms recovered at necropsy in the treated hamsters compared with control hamsters.