Research Article

The effect of Treponema pallidum on mouse survival

Journal of Medical Microbiology 1977; 10(2):245

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Abstract

Intraperitoneal infection with Treponema pallidum did not shorten the lives of inbred CBA mice. One hundred and fifty infected mice survived to a mean age of 41-24 months and 60 uninfected mice to a mean age of 41-38 months.