Research Article

Diethylstilbestrol Exposure in Neonatal Mice Induces Changes in the Adulthood in the Immune Response to Taenia crassiceps without Modifications of Parasite Loads

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Effect of neonatal administration of diethylstilbestrol (DES) on parasite load. Female and male 4-day old Balb/c mice were administered with a single dose of DES or vehicle (VH) and infected with 10 cysticerci of Taenia crassiceps at 6 weeks of age. Data show the number of parasites recovered from the peritoneum at 8 weeks after infection. All groups of animals show the typical sexual dimorphism of this infection. Each bar represents the media ± SEM of parasite loads in 10 infected animals. ***.
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