Figure 6From: Studies on the CPA cysteine peptidase in the Leishmania infantum genome strain JPCM5LiCPA mutant infectivity in vivo. Hamsters were infected with wild type (WT), CPA null mutant (ΔLicpa C1) or re-expresser clone (ΔLicpa C1::CPA) of L. infantum. The parasite burden in spleen and liver was determined by limiting dilution culturing at one, three and six months post infection (1, 3 or 6 m.p.i.). Results are shown as the average parasite burden per group; error bars indicate the standard deviation.Back to article page