Article
Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Síma Matyáš, Havelková Helena, Quan Lei, Svobodová Milena, Jarošíková Taťána, Vojtíšková Jarmila, Stassen Alphons P M, Demant Peter, Lipoldová Marie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma brucei brucei infects livestock, with severe effects in horses and dogs. Mouse strains differ greatly in susceptibility to this parasite. However, no genes controlling these differences were mapped. METHODS: We studied the genetic control of survival after T. b. brucei infection using recombinant congenic (RC) strains, which have a high mapping power. Each RC strain of BALB/c-c-STS/A...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genetic Loci
- Genotype
- Immunity, Innate
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Rodent Diseases
