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DURING the course of chemotherapeutic experiments on E. histolytica, the need for a suitable laboratory host for this parasite became early-apparent. Jones1 has obtained some interesting results by using young rats weighing 20-33 gm. for this purpose. We were, however, rather perturbed by the degree of infection with amoebae which occurred in the animals of an age suitable for experimental work, when examined by us as a preliminary to their use in experiments of the above nature.
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FULTON, J., JOYNER, L. Natural Amœbic Infections in Laboratory Rodents. Nature 161, 66–68 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161066a0
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