[Effect of Trichinella spiralis infection on the development of Rauscher leukemia].

The influence of Trichinella spiralis on the course of Rausher leukemia in mice was studied. Inoculation of mice with Trichinella spiralis larvae 15, 16 and 30 days before infection with Rausher leukemia virus was shown to stimulate splenomegaly, whereas preinoculation of Rausher leukemia virus at 6, 12 and 18 days before infection with Trichinella spiralis resulted in inhibition of splenomegaly. Under the experimental conditions used, no effect of T. spiralis on reproduction of Rausher leukemia virus was observed, as virus titers in the plasm of mice with marked stimulation or inhibition of splenomegaly were identical and did not differ from those in mice without Trichinella spiralis invasion.