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Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infections in immunosuppressed adult mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 1992
Rasmussen K R, Healey M C
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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...
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