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Leishmania major infection in C57BL/10 mice differing at the Lps locus: a new non-healing phenotype.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Oct 1997
Müller I, Freudenberg M, Kropf P, Kiderlen A F, Galanos C
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The course of cutaneous leishmaniasis was examined in mice from two genetically closely related strains, C57BL/10ScCr (Cr) and C57BL/10ScSn (Sn). Sn mice are able to heal Leishmania major infections, while Cr mice are unable to heal. The cutaneous lesions of the Cr mice progressed continuously and the increase in lesion size was paralleled by an unrestricted growth of the parasites in vivo. Cr mice, in contrast...
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