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ArticleBMC research notes2008

BALB/c Mice resist infection with Bartonella bacilliformis.

Beronica Infante, Sandra Villar, Sandra Palma, Jenny Merello, Roberto Valencia, Luis Torres, Jamie Cok, Palmira Ventosilla, Ciro Manguiña, Humberto Guerra and 1 more

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Article in BMC research notes, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Beronica InfanteInstituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. beroinfante@hotmail.com
Sandra Villar
Sandra Palma
Jenny Merello
Roberto Valencia
Luis Torres
Jamie Cok
Palmira Ventosilla
Ciro Manguiña
Humberto Guerra
Cesar Henriquez
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · PEInstituto de Medicina Tropical · PYAlexander von Humboldt Foundation · DEHospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia · PE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBartonellosis due to Bartonella bacilliformis is a highly lethal endemic and sometimes epidemic infectious disease in South America, and a serious public health concern in Perú. There is limited information on the immunologic response to B. bacilliformis infection. The objective of this research was to produce experimental infection of BALB/c mice to B. bacilliformis inoculation.

findingsBALB/c mice were inoculated with 1.5, 3.0 or 4.5 x 108 live B. bacilliformis using different routes: intraperitoneal, intradermal, intranasal, and subcutaneous. Cultures of spleen, liver, and lymph nodes from one to 145 days yielded no cultivable organisms. No organs showed lesions at any time. Previously inoculated mice showed no changes in the reinoculation site.

conclusionParenteral inoculation of live B. bacilliformis via different infection routes produced no macroscopic or microscopic organ lesions in BALB/c mice. It was not possible to isolate B. bacilliformis using Columbia blood agar from 1 to 15 days after inoculation.

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PMID18957122
PMCPMC2590606
OpenAlexW2004989798

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