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Infect Immun. 1992 September; 60(9): 3509-3512

Resistance of severe combined immunodeficient mice to infection with Cryptosporidium parvum: the importance of intestinal microflora.

Metabolic Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa 50010-0070.

ABSTRACT

Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite which colonizes intestinal epithelium, causing transient diarrheal illness in immunocompetent hosts and severe chronic disease in immunocompromised hosts. We examined the resistance of severe combined immunodeficient mice, either bearing intestinal flora or germfree, to intestinal infection with C. parvum. Infection was not readily detected in flora-bearing adult severe combined immunodeficient mice until 5 to 7 weeks following oral challenge with C. parvum. In contrast, germfree adult severe combined immunodeficient mice were heavily infected 3 weeks following challenge. These data support the hypothesis that resistance of adult mice to C. parvum infection does not require a specific immune response but can be mediated by nonspecific mechanisms associated with the presence of intestinal flora.

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