Article
Plasmodium chabaudi AS: erythropoietic responses during infection in resistant and susceptible mice.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Nov 1992
Yap G S, Stevenson M M
Abstract excerpt
The course of anemia and the erythropoietic response in the bone marrow, spleen, and blood were studied during Plasmodium chabaudi AS infection in resistant C57BL/6 (B6) and susceptible A/J (A) mice. Infections in B6 mice were characterized by moderate levels of both parasitemia and anemia and survival. In contrast, A mice experienced high parasitemia, severe anemia, and high mortality rates. During the period of...
Topics
- Anemia
- Animals
- Bone Marrow
- Erythroid Precursor Cells
- Erythropoiesis
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Immunity, Innate
- Iron
- Malaria
- Male
- Mice