Dermacentor variabilis: resistance to ticks acquired by mast cell-deficient and other strains of mice
JR Allen - Experimental parasitology, 1985 - Elsevier
The acquisition of resistance to ticks was monitored in mice of six different strains. Mice were
subjected to repeated infestations with Dermacentor variabilis larvae, different skin sites
being used for each successive infestation. In the third and fourth infestations, resistance
was expressed in three strains of mice (WBB 6 F 1—WW v, WBB6F 1-+/+, and CFW), as
demonstrated by significant reductions in percentages of larvae engorging and in mean
weights of fed larvae. Both WBB 6 F 1—WW v mice, which are mast cell deficient, and their …
subjected to repeated infestations with Dermacentor variabilis larvae, different skin sites
being used for each successive infestation. In the third and fourth infestations, resistance
was expressed in three strains of mice (WBB 6 F 1—WW v, WBB6F 1-+/+, and CFW), as
demonstrated by significant reductions in percentages of larvae engorging and in mean
weights of fed larvae. Both WBB 6 F 1—WW v mice, which are mast cell deficient, and their …