| animal models in q fever: pathological responses of inbred mice to phase i coxiella burnetii. | the susceptibility of inbred strains of mice to infection by phase i coxiella burnetii, the aetiological agent of q fever, was investigated by evaluating morbidity, mortality, antibody production and in vitro proliferative responses of splenic lymphocytes. among the 47 strains of mice tested for morbidity and mortality to c. burnetii infection, 33 were resistant, 10 were of intermediate sensitivity, and four were sensitive. a/j mice exhibited the highest mortality, and surviving mice of this str ... | 1987 | 3655728 |