Meriones unguiculatus commonly known as gerbils are widely used as animal models for a
variety of parasitic infections such as Brugia malayi, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia
duodenalis, Toxoplasma gondi, Helicobacter pylori, Strongyloides stercoralis and
Echinococcus multilocularis. Groups of BALB/c mice, gerbils and XID mice were studied for
antibody responses to T-independent antigens. Gerbils were found to be significantly
deficient in eliciting antibodies to both dextran and phosphorylcholine (PC) in comparison to …