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The Xid defect determines an improved clinical course of murine leishmaniasis in susceptible mice
1 Jan 1994
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The course of Leishmania major infection in B cell-defective BALB.Xid mice was investigated. Infected BALB.Xid mice showed a significantly slower lesion development compared with BALB/c controls accompanied by a 10- to 30-fold lower parasite burden in lymphatic organs. The B cell immune response, as quantified by anti-leishmanial antibody production and B cell numbers in lymphatic organs, remained significantly...
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