Table 1.

Effect of mouse species on disease outcome.

Route of infection	Mouse strain	Sex	Age	Bacterial strain	LD50 or ID50 (CFU)	Duration of observation	Reference
i.p.	BALB/c	N.I.	N.I.	A2	19	N.I.	Taweechaisupapong et al. (2005)
i.p.	BALB/c	Female	6–8 weeks	A2	20	30 days	Srilunchang et al. (2009)
i.p.	C57BL/6	Female	6–8 weeks	A2	3 × 102	30 days	Srilunchang et al. (2009)
i.v.	BALB/c	Mix	6–10 weeks	TGH	4	10 days	Leakey et al. (1998)
i.v.	C57BL/6	Mix	6–10 weeks	TGH	2.5 × 104	10 days	Leakey et al. (1998)
i.p.	TO	Female	10–12 weeks	708a	>5 × 105	65 days	Santanirand et al. (1999)
i.p.	129/SvEv	N.I.	N.I.	708a	1 × 102	65 days	Santanirand et al. (1999)
i.p.	BALB/c	N.I.	N.I.	708a	2.31 × 103	N.I.	Titball et al. (2008)

i.p., Intraperitoneal; i.v., intravenous; N.I., not indicated..