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DuringAcanthocheilonema viteae infection, the specific activity of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GT) increased in peritoneal exudate cells and bone marrow and decreased in lymphnodes ofMastomys natalensis throughout the course of infection. However, though there was an increase in specific activity of γ-GT in thymus and spleen during the prepatent phase ofA. viteae infection, the level either returned to normal or decreased during the latent phase of infection. A close correlation was observed between the host's immune status duringA. viteae infection and the level of γ-GT in lymphoid tissues.
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Communication No. 4535 from Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.
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Singh, S.N., Srivastava, A.K., Gupta, S.C. et al. γ-Glutamyl-transpeptidase in lymphatic tissues ofMastomys natalensis during an infection withAcanthocheilonema viteae. Experientia 46, 742–744 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01939953
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