Figure 1. Design of experiments.

^ainoculation with 200 ul sterilized deionised water; ^binfection with 10⁷ E. cuniculi spores in 0.2 ml of sterilized deionised water; INF – infection; REINF – reinfection (black column); IMSUP – dexamethasone immunosuppression (highlighted in dark grey); TREAT – albendazole treatment (highlighted in light grey); n1– number of used animals; n2– number of dissected animals; NS – not shown; x – not observed due to mouse death; DPI – day post infection;