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Production of interleukin 10 during malaria caused by lethal and nonlethal variants of Plasmodium yoelii yoelii.
Parasitology research - 1 Jan 1996
Kobayashi F, Morii T, Matsui T, Fujino T, Watanabe Y, Weidanz W P, Tsuji M
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the induction of T-helper cell subsets during the course of lethal or nonlethal bloodstage Plasmodium yoelii 17X infection in C57BL/6 mice, which are relatively susceptible to these intraerythrocytic parasites. C57BL/6 mice infected with the nonlethal variant (PyNL) showed a moderate level of parasitemia and resolution of primary acute infection by week 4. Mice infected with the lethal variant...
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