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. 1988 Apr;56(4):1000–1002. doi: 10.1128/iai.56.4.1000-1002.1988

Effect of protein malnutrition on salmonellosis and fever.

S F Bradley 1, C A Kauffman 1
PMCID: PMC259406  PMID: 3346070

Abstract

Protein-malnourished rats had greater numbers of bacteria in their livers and spleens compared with numbers in control rats following a sublethal intraperitoneal dose of Salmonella typhimurium. However, the febrile responses of both groups of rats to infection were similar. The ability to mount a normal febrile response does not necessarily reflect the ability of the host to contain an infection.

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