A mouse model for L. aethiopica infection is described. BALB/c mice were unable to clear an infection with 1 x 10(7) promastigotes injected into the hind footpad. However, there was no ulceration of the lesion and no development of overt clinical symptoms after 203 days of infection. Spread of viable organisms was evident in the draining lymph node but not in the spleen or liver. The control of the infection was associated with the development of classical delayed hypersensitivity responses to phenolized promastigotes and appeared as a localized granulomtaous infiltration. The infiltration had features of classical tuberculoid granulomas, but superimposed on it was a strong eosinophilic infiltration. The relevance of such cells though unclear is discussed.
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