Effect of Cortisone and Cyclophosphamide on the Immunological Role of BCG in BALB/C Mice Challenged with Leishmania Donovani

L. L. Smrkovski Department of Microbiology and the Stella Duncan Memorial Institute, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812

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S. G. Reed Department of Microbiology and the Stella Duncan Memorial Institute, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812

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C. L. Larson Department of Microbiology and the Stella Duncan Memorial Institute, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812

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Cortisone and cyclophosphamide were found to suppress the protective effects of BCG in mice challenged with amastigotes of Leishmania donovani.

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Address reprint requests to: Lloyd L. Smrkovski, Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Institute, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20205.

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