ABSTRACT
Congenitally athymic mice were more susceptible to challenge with amastigotes of Leishmania donovani than were their thymus-intact littermates. This increased susceptibility correlated with a lack of Arthus and delayed-type responses when animals were skin tested with leishmanial antigen.
| J. Bacteriol. | J. Virol. | Eukaryot. Cell |
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| Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. | Clin. Vaccine Immunol. | All ASM Journals |
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