Immunogenicity of Leucocytozoon caulleryi sporozoites and their reactivity with specific immune sera. 1996

T Morii, and T Matsui, and T Fujino, and F Kobayashi, and T Tsuji
Department of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

The immunogenicity of Leucocytozoon caulleryi sporozoites for chickens and their reactivity in vitro with specific immune sera were studied. Almost all of the chickens that had been immunized with the sporozoite antigens survived the sporozoite challenge. The degree of parasitemia observed in the immunized chickens was significantly lower than that found in the nonimmunized chickens. Specific antibodies against sporozoites were tested by the circumsporozoite precipitation (CSP) reaction. Antibodies were demonstrated in the sera of chickens that had been immunized with the sporozoite antigens or chickens that had recovered from a primary infection with L. caulleryi sporozoites. When viable mature sporozoites were incubated in vitro with serum from immune chickens, agglutination and a long, thread-like precipitate at one end of the sporozoite could be seen within a few minutes under a phase-contrast microscope. The effects of specific immune serum on the infectivity of sporozoites were examined by the sporozoite neutralization activity (SNA) test. Sporozoites that had been incubated in vitro with serum from immune chickens lost their infectivity to chickens. The CSP reaction and the SNA test in L. caulleryi infection were stage- and species-specific.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007106 Immune Sera Serum that contains antibodies. It is obtained from an animal that has been immunized either by ANTIGEN injection or infection with microorganisms containing the antigen. Antisera,Immune Serums,Sera, Immune,Serums, Immune
D007125 Immunogenetics A subdiscipline of genetics which deals with the genetic basis of the immune response (IMMUNITY). Immunogenetic
D008289 Malaria, Avian Any of a group of infections of fowl caused by protozoa of the genera PLASMODIUM, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus. The life cycles of these parasites and the disease produced bears strong resemblance to those observed in human malaria. Avian Malaria,Avian Malarias,Malarias, Avian
D009500 Neutralization Tests The measurement of infection-blocking titer of ANTISERA by testing a series of dilutions for a given virus-antiserum interaction end-point, which is generally the dilution at which tissue cultures inoculated with the serum-virus mixtures demonstrate cytopathology (CPE) or the dilution at which 50% of test animals injected with serum-virus mixtures show infectivity (ID50) or die (LD50). Neutralization Test,Test, Neutralization,Tests, Neutralization
D002519 Ceratopogonidae A family of biting midges, in the order DIPTERA. It includes the genus Culicoides which transmits filarial parasites pathogenic to man and other primates. Culicoides,Leptoconops,Midges, Biting,Biting Midge,Biting Midges,Culicoide,Leptoconop,Midge, Biting
D002645 Chickens Common name for the species Gallus gallus, the domestic fowl, in the family Phasianidae, order GALLIFORMES. It is descended from the red jungle fowl of SOUTHEAST ASIA. Gallus gallus,Gallus domesticus,Gallus gallus domesticus,Chicken
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000913 Antibodies, Protozoan Immunoglobulins produced in a response to PROTOZOAN ANTIGENS. Protozoan Antibodies
D015800 Protozoan Proteins Proteins found in any species of protozoan. Proteins, Protozoan

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