Increased resistance of iron-deficient mice to salmonella infection.
Nutritional iron deficiency in mice attenuated Salmonella typhimurium infection compared with both iron-substituted littermates and normal diet control animals.
D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000150:complications*; D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000472:pathogenicity*