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  • Title: Immunity to coccidiosis: stages of the life-cycle of Eimeria maxima which induce, and are affected by, the response of the host.
    Author: Rose ME, Hesketh P.
    Journal: Parasitology; 1976 Aug; 73(1):25-57. PubMed ID: 967527.
    Abstract:
    An attempt was made to determine the relative importance of the different life-cycle stages of Eimeria maxima in the induction of immunity and also those stages most affected by the immune response of the host. In one experiment the life-cycle was controlled by chemotherapy but in all other experiments partial life-cycles were induced by transfers of infected mucosa between hosts. The results indicated that the second generation schizont stage is probably that most concerned in the induction of protective immunity and that sexual stages are most susceptible to immune inhibition. After initial inhibition in the immune host the earlier asexual stages were able to resume development when transferred to a susceptible host. The longer the period of exposure to the immune environment, the less able was the parasite to recover.
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