Re: parasitic strategies - loooong

[Guest guest]

, awesome response, and I think these scenarios are very

plausible. I just assumed that if they were injecting the woman's

infection into mice, that the researchers wouldn't have done it

unless they knew mice were capable of being infected with these

particular organisms. Otherwise, it's kind of a crap shoot?

Certainly, they wouldn't be THAT stupid. Well, on the other hand...

:-)

penny

> > > This is a crosspost from lymenet. Wherever its from, its not

in

> > > pubmed yet. Whole text from lymenet is below, but I'll spare

ya

> > the

> > > suspense:

> > >

> > > " Western blots are being conducted to confirm positive ELISA

> > results.

> > > Rabbits, deer, white-footed mice, cotton mice, and deer all

show

> a

> > > prevalence of 65% or more positive for presence of IgG

antibodies

> > to

> > > the MOD-1 Bb isolate. "

> [sNIP]