Figure 4

Peripheral blood analysis. Peripheral blood was taken from three control mice from each strain as well as from eight FVB/NJ mice (four males and four females) and from 20 DBA/2J mice (ten males and ten females) on day two and day seven post infection. Results for FVB/NJ mice are shown in black and in grey for DBA/2J mice. The white bars show significant differences between susceptible (S) and resistant (R) DBA/2J mice on day seven post infection. Shown are the averages and the standard errors. Statistically significant differences between control mice from different strains or between susceptible and resistant DBA/2J mice on day seven were calculated by unpaired Student’s t tests. Statistically significant differences between control mice and infected mice on day two and seven were calculated by one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s post-hoc test, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.