Article
Variations in susceptibility to Leishmania amazonensis infection in lines of mice selected for high or low immunoresponsiveness.
Parasite immunology - 1 Nov 1991
Falcoff R, Barral-Netto M, Stiffel C, Bouthillier Y, Barral A, Freitas L A, Mevel J C, Mouton D
Abstract excerpt
The degree of resistance to a local Leishmania amazonensis challenge has been compared in lines of mice obtained by selective breeding for high or low immunoresponsiveness: High and Low antibody responder mice of Selections I and II (HI, HII and LI, LII lines) and high and low responder mice to T...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan
- Disease Susceptibility
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genetic Variation
- Leishmania mexicana
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains