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Ixodes ricinus L.: mast cells, basophils and eosinophils in the sequence of cellular events in the skin of infested or re-infested rabbits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. Brossard  and
V. Fivaz
M. Brossard
Affiliation:
Institut de Zoologie, Université, Chantemerle 22, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
V. Fivaz
Affiliation:
Institut de Zoologie, Université, Chantemerle 22, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Some information on acquired resistance of rabbits against Ixodes ricinus ticks has been obtained by comparing tissue changes and cellular infiltration during 2 successive infestations, with particular emphasis on the cells involved in immediate type hypersensitivity reactions: mast cells, basophils and eosinophils. More degranulated mast cells were observed in tick lesions 2 h after the beginning of re-infestation than in the first infestation and more degranulated basophils were present on the 5th day of re-infestation. Numerous eosinophils infiltrated the dermis, especially on the 5th day of the second infestation.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , December 1982 , pp. 583 - 592
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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