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. 1999 Dec 6;190(11):1637–1646. doi: 10.1084/jem.190.11.1637

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Photographs of denuded flanks of mice 6 d after infection. (A) NS in a complement-intact C57BL/6 mouse showing >10 lesions at the zosteriform site. (B) NS-gCΔC5/P,C3 in a complement-intact C57BL/6 mouse showing no lesions. (C) NS in a C3 knockout mouse showing >10 zosteriform lesions. (D) NS-gCΔC5/P,C3 in a C3 knockout mouse showing >10 zosteriform lesions. (E) NS in a C3 knockout mouse reconstituted with human C3 showing >10 zosteriform lesions. (F) NS-gCΔC5/P,C3 in a C3 knockout mouse reconstituted with human C3 showing no lesions.