The host parasite relationships in schistosomiasis mansoni
Maldonado, J.F.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 51: 228-237
1959
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 14420252 Document Number: 700068
Maldonado reviews published work on the host-parasite relationships in schistosomiasis mansoni of man and laboratory animals. Unpublished data of the author indicate that the quality of dietary protein and the calorific intake are among the extrinsic factors bearing on the death or survival of a host infected with schistosomiasis. Folie acid and pyridoxine may be required for the development of the adult worm. That some individuals can tolerate a heavy infection whereas others with an apparently light infection develop severe symptoms leads the author to speculate that these latter individuals possess a "parasitosis prone" gene that may become manifested earlier or later in life. J.w.s.