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Inbred mice are as susceptible to T. equiperdum as conventional mice are (see Fig. 3). Voles (Mi^cj-otusjirvalis^however, survived the inoculation. In all mice succumbed to infection, the spleen underwent a 2- to 5-fold enlargement. The voles proved to be resistant, therefore they will be dealt with in another article. As regards the sex-related difference in susceptibility, no difference was found between males and non-pregnant young females. However, females being in an advanced stage of pregFig. 2: Results of subcutaneous and intraperitoneal infection of 5 mice each with 6xl0

7 trypanosomes Table 1 Number of deaths among mice on the days after infection (the group included 3 mice in advanced pregnancy) Total number of infected mice NumDer of deaths on the days following subcutaneous infection Total number of infected mice 1 2 3 4 5 6 38 3 25 7+© @ 0 • circled numbers refer to death of mice infected in advanced pregnancy