Parasite loads per 106 lymph node cells and in individual DC populations isolated from the draining lymph nodes 1, 3, 9, and 12 weeks after infection with 103 L. major V121 metacyclic promastigotes in the ear pinna of 24 to 50 BALB/c (A) and C57BL/6J (B) mice. (−/−), double-negative (CD8− Dec-205−) cells; CD8H+, CD8hi Dec-205int cells; DDC, CD8int Dec-205int cells; LC, CD8int Dec-205hi cells; TLN, total lymph node cell population.