| Literature DB >> 16041051 |
Asiya Baishanbo1, Gilles Gargala, Agnès Delaunay, Arnaud François, Jean-Jacques Ballet, Loïc Favennec.
Abstract
One-month-old dexamethasone-immunosuppressed Mongolian gerbils were challenged with 1 oocyst to 2 x 10(5) oocysts from two isolates genotyped as Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum (genotype 2), respectively. A similar dose-dependent gut infection was obtained, and the initial genotype maintained for 21 to 22 days. The data suggest that immunosuppressed gerbils provide a reliable rodent model of persistent C. hominis infection.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16041051 PMCID: PMC1201256 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.5252-5255.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441