immune system
• spleen and lymph node cells produce an average of 5-fold higher levels of IL-3
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• spleen and lymph node cells produce IFN gamma at comparable levels to wild-type at 8 weeks after parasite infection
• no IL-4 was detected at any time
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• spleen and lymph node cells produce an average of 3.7-fold higher levels of LT-TNF
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• lesions after infection progress similarly to those in wild-type up to 7 weeks post-infection, then decrease slightly in size and remain a constant size over a 23-week period
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nervous system
• area of the ipsilateral projection is increased compared to controls
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