Time-course of Giardia muris infection in male and female immunocompetent mice |
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| Authors: | M F Heyworth |
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| Affiliation: | Cell Biology Section (151E), Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121. |
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| Abstract: | The time-course of acute Giardia muris infection was compared in male and female immunocompetent BALB/c mice that had not previously been exposed to the parasite. No sex-related difference was observed in the time-course of the infection in these mice. Sexually mature mice of both sexes excreted substantial numbers of G. muris cysts (greater than 10(4)/2 hr) over a longer period than did sexually immature mice. |
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