Abstract
Summary
(1) Rats and mice kept for a few weeks on a thiamin-deficient diet show diminished resistance to oral Salmonella typhimurium infection.
(2) In rats the lowered susceptibility is secondary to inanition. On the other hand, in mice the diminished resistance to Salmonella infection is a primary result of the thiamin deficiency.
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