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Genetically susceptible mice remain proportionally more susceptible to tuberculosis after vaccination.
Immunology - 1 Jan 1999
Medina E, North R J
Abstract excerpt
DBA/2 mice are much more susceptible to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis than major histocompatibility complex-compatible BALB/c mice. It is shown here that, although vaccination provided mice of both strains with a capacity to reduce the level of infection in their lungs, vaccinated DBA/2 mice remained much more susceptible in this organ than vaccinated BALB/c mice. Consequently, the former mice...
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