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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 mitogen PHA (Hi/PHA and Lo/PHA). The aim of this preliminary study was to focus attention on genetic differences...
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