immune system
• increased susceptibility to mycobacterial infection during the early but not the late phase of acquired immunity
• mice were susceptible to early phase infection with BCG, with a maximum bacterial load at 3 weeks and were able to reduce the BCG load by 6 weeks after infection
• mice inoculated with 103 CFUs of Salmonella entriditis had lower splenic bacterial counts after 42 days than 129/Sv mice, which carry Slc11a1
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