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7089371

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Erythrocyte surface and free serum sialic acid concentrations were determined during experimental Trypanosoma vivax infection in cattle. All infected calves developed mild trypanosomiasis, with significant decreases in mean packed cell volume occurring 15, 16, 20, 22 and 24 days after infection. The anaemia was preceded by significant decreases in mean erythrocyte surface sialic acid concentrations on days 7, 13 and 14, with yet another significant decrease on day 31 after infection. These decreases in erythrocyte surface sialic acid concentrations coincided with the parasitaemic waves. Free serum sialic acid concentration, however, showed an increase, though non-significantly, on day 8, which coincided with both a decrease in erythrocyte surface sialic acid and the initial parasitaemic wave. It is postulated that the early anaemia observed in infected animals may be attributable to the activities of the circulating trypanosomes which produce neuraminidase which, in turn, cleaves off surface sialic acid, thus rendering the erythrocyte more prone to phagocytosis by the recticuloendothelial system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0034-5288
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Variation in erythrocyte surface and free serum sialic acid concentrations during experimental Trypanosoma vivax infection in cattle.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't