Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University

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Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University Volume 6
published_at 1955

Infection Types of Trypanosomes 1. Production of Lesions in the Muscle of the Rabbits infected with Trypanosoma gambiense

トリバノソーマの感染型式 1.家兎のTrypanosoma gambiense 感染に於ける筋肉内の病巣形成
Ishiguro Hideo
Descriptions
1. Trypanosoma gambiense showed marked difference in pathogenicity for rabbits as indicated by the tissue invasiveness of the muscle longissimus dorsi. 2. Two cases of rabbits infected with Trypanosoma gambiense produced the lesions in the muscle. The masses of great number of Trypanosomes appear- ing in the tissue spaces of interstitium of the muscles and hyperplasia of the reticular cells and lymphoid cells in the interstitium of these muscles are observed as the results of pathological changes.