Article
Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infections in immunosuppressed adult mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 1992
Rasmussen K R, Healey M C
Abstract excerpt
Five strains of adult mice were immunosuppressed with the synthetic glucocorticosteroid dexamethasone (DEX), administered either orally or intraperitoneally. The strains of mice used were C57BL/6N, DBA/2N, CBA, C3H/HeN, and BALB/cAnN. All mice were evaluated for susceptibility to Cryptosporidium parvum after intragastric inoculation with 10(6) oocysts per mouse. The DBA/2N, CBA, C3H/HeN, and BALB/cAnN mice given...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cryptosporidium parvum
- Dexamethasone
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Mice