Fig 1. The LmjF-LUC-SAT and LmjF-PHLEO strains show comparable virulence in infections of resistant mice.
C57BL/6 mice (5 per group) were infected with 105 metacyclic stage LmjF-LUC-SAT or LmjF-PHLEO L. major. (A) Measurements of lesion pathology (increase in footpad thickness). Error bars show the standard deviation. (B) Persistent parasites numbers were determined by limiting dilution assay from footpad tissue 130 days post infection. Horizontal bars show the geometric mean. †, P > 0.05.