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. 2017 Jan;112(1):44–52. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760160280

TABLE III. In vivo outcome of mixtures of defined clones.

Leishmania clones used for infection Mouse treatment Mouse # Cosmids recovered from lesions (number of bacterial clones)

T3 T5 T15 ? Total
Equal amounts of T3-1 (slow growth), T5-1 (fast growth) and T15-4 (no lesion after six months) Untreated 1 3 20 0 1 24
2 3 21 0 0 24
3 8 15 0 1 24
4 5 19 0 0 24
9 0 23 0 1 24
10 1 22 0 1 24
11 2 22 0 0 24
12 2 22 0 0 24

Treated 5 0 24 0 0 24
6 2 22 0 0 24
7 3 21 0 0 24
8 4 20 0 0 24
13 0 24 0 0 24
14 8 15 0 1 24
15 3 21 0 0 24
16 3 21 0 0 24