EFFECT OF METABOLIC FACTORS ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ALBINO MICE TO EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS

Mice maintained on various types of diets were found to become more susceptible to tuberculosis when deprived of food for periods of 30 hours shortly after infection. In contrast, the susceptibility of the animals to the disease was unaffected by undernutrition resulting from limitation of food int...

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Main Author: Dubos, René J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1955
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136441/