mortality/aging
• following infection with either a low or high dose of IOE, mice succumb to the infection at 11 to 15 days and 7 to 9 days, respectively, compared to wild-type mice, which succumb at 14 to 17 days and 8 to 12 days, respectively
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immune system
• mice are more susceptible to infection with a monocytotropic Ehrlichia bacteria from Ixodes ovatrus ticks (IOE) than wild-type mice
• following infection with either a low or high dose of IOE, mice succumb to the infection at 11 to 15 days and 7 to 9 days, respectively, compared to wild-type mice, which succumb at 14 to 17 days and 8 to 12 days, respectively
• mice have higher burdens of Ehrlichia bacteria in all organs following infection than do wild-type mice
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