Molecular group:
Metabolic markers
Molecule/Cell:
Testosterone
Plasmodium strain:
Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS
pRBC infection titer:
10^6
Mouse genetic background (Con):
C57BL/6
Experimental treatment group (EG):
testosterone
Lethal infection (Con):
♀24%
Lethal infection (EG):
♀ yes
Pathology (Con):
N.I.
Pathology (EG):
N.I.
Parasitemia (EG vs Con):
Increased peak
Additional phenotypes (EG vs Con):
Similar reticulocytosis and anemia
Refs:
Wunderlich et al., 2005, Microbes Infect
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