FIGURE 1.
Parasite-equivalents in murine tissues quantified by qPCR. BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice infected with G or CL strains were euthanized at 2 (A), 8 (B), or 90 dpi (C). Genomic DNA was then extracted from the hearts, intestines, livers, and spleens for quantification of parasite-equivalents by qPCR. Comparisons were made between organs separately. + indicates a statistically significant difference between parasite strains in infected mice from a single lineage, ° indicates a statistically significant difference between mice lineages when infected with the same parasite strain. Both + and ° indicate p < 0.05. ND, not detected.