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Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infections in immunosuppressed adult mice.

K R Rasmussen, M C Healey
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Five strains of adult mice were immunosuppressed with the synthetic glucocorticosteroid dexamethasone (DEX), administered either orally or intraperitoneally. The strains of mice used were C57BL/6N, DBA/2N, CBA, C3H/HeN, and BALB/cAnN. All mice were evaluated for susceptibility to Cryptosporidium parvum after intragastric inoculation with 10(6) oocysts per mouse. The DBA/2N, CBA, C3H/HeN, and BALB/cAnN mice given 0.25 micrograms of DEX per g per day orally (the dose and route previously used to infect rats with C. parvum) failed to develop chronic infections. However, the C57BL/6N mice sustained light infections during the entire 28-day experiment. The five strains of mice were also administered DEX intraperitoneally at concentrations ranging from 62.5 to 500 micrograms/day. Only the C57BL/6N mice given DEX at 125 micrograms/day developed chronic infections which persisted over 10 weeks, suggesting that the genetic background of the mouse plays a role in determining susceptibility to cryptosporidosis following immunosuppression with DEX. We believe that the C57BL/6N mouse model will prove to be superior to other animal models for evaluating potential anticryptosporidial agents, as well as for elucidating the immunological defects that allow C. parvum to establish chronic infections, because of cost effectiveness and ease in maintenance, breeding, and handling. We also evaluated the C3H/HeJ/beige mouse (lacks natural killer cell activity) and the C57BL/6N mouse maintained on a low-protein diet to induce immunosuppression. Neither of these mice exhibited heavy cryptosporidial infections.

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Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infections in immunosuppressed adult mice.
K R Rasmussen, M C Healey
Infection and Immunity Apr 1992, 60 (4) 1648-1652; DOI:

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