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Immunization against experimental coccidiosis produces contrasting results in inbred mice of differing susceptibility to infection.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1994
Rose M E, Hesketh P, Wakelin D
Abstract excerpt
Pretreatment of inbred mice with intravenous and/or intraperitoneal injection of an antigen prepared from sporozoites of Eimeria vermiformis modulated the course of infection with the parasite in a manner that depended on the resistance-susceptibility phenotype of the host. Mice with a resistant background (BALB) produced more oocysts and those with a susceptible background (C57BL) produced fewer oocysts than...
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