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The immune response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) in mice and hamsters injected with an extract ofEntamoeba histolytica was studied. Both the primary and secondary immune response, measured by anti-SRBC antibody titers, were unaltered in the mouse, while a significant depression of the primary, but not the secondary, response was observed in the hamster. The effect was greatest when the amebic extract (AE) and SRBC were injected on the same day. The number of anti-SRBC rosettes formed in the spleen cells of hamsters treated with both AE and SRBC on day 0 was measured from days 1–16. The response peaked on day 13, while cells from animals injected with SRBC alone gave a maximal response on day 5. The formation of anti-SRBC rosettes in T-lymphocyte-enriched spleen cells treated with anti-gamma globulin serum and complement was almost abolished for the duration of the experiment. It is suggested that the mechanism responsible for this immunosuppressive phenomenon could involve early interference in the afferent limb of the immune response.
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Carvajal, R., Ruiz, B. & Barjau, E. Immunosuppressive effect ofEntamoeba histolytica extract on hamsters. Z. Parasitenkd. 69, 183–189 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926953
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