Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection in congenitally athymic (nude) mice
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- PMCID: PMC421917
- DOI: 10.1128/iai.20.3.714-720.1978
Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection in congenitally athymic (nude) mice
Abstract
Athymic nude mice (nu/nu), heterozygous litter mates (nu/+), and thymic reconstituted homozygous animals (nu/nu TxR) were infected with Trypanosoma rhodesiense. A reduced parasitemia and prolonged survival were observed in the nu/nu animals after infection and cure or after immunization with irradiated organisms. These studies indicate that resistance of mice to T. rhodesiense infection is relatively independent of thymic lymphocyte function.
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