Hypersensitivity reactions in small intestine. I Thymus dependence of experimental 'partial villous atrophy'.

Rats infected with the intestinal nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis have crypt hyperplasia with villous atrophy in affected areas of the small intestine. In thymus-deprived (B) rats the course of infection is prolonged but, despite the presence of many worms in the intestinal lumen, villi and cr... View More