title: The effect of chronic protozoan infection by Babesia rodhaini on leukemogenesis in mice.
abstract: The effect of chronic infection with the protozoan parasite Babesia rodhaini on the subsequent development of mouse leukemia was investigated in three different murine leukemia-lymphoma model systems: congenital lymphoma (in AKR mice), irradiation-induced lymphoma (in C57BL mice), and Rauscher-virus-induced leukemia in NMRI mice. Leukemia incidence was significantly greater than in controls in Babesia-infected (NMRI strain) mice that had been infected with an adjusted dose of Rauscher leukemia virus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000209:etiology*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D011925:Rauscher Virus