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Maternal influence on susceptibility of offspring to Brugia malayi infection in a murine model of filariasis.
Acta tropica - 1 Dec 1994
Rajan T V, Bailis J M, Yates J A, Shultz L D, Greiner D L, Nelson F K
Abstract excerpt
We have used the severe combined immunodeficient C.B-17-scid/scid mouse to investigate the influences of maternal immune status and parasite burden on the susceptibility (or resistance) of offspring to infection with the human filarial parasite, Brugia malayi. C.B-17-scid/scid mice are permissive for infection while immunocompetent C.B-17(-)+/+ mice are uniformly resistant. Reciprocal matings of C.B-17-scid/scid...
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