Research Article

Effect of Prophylactic Vaccination with the Membrane-Bound Acid Phosphatase Gene of Leishmania mexicana in the Murine Model of Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Figure 6

Proliferation of mononuclear cells in the spleen of mice immunized with PBS, pVAX1, or pVAX1::LmxMBA after stimulation with rLmxMBA. The mean stimulation index (SI) of vaccinated mice (injected with pVAX1::LmxMBA) was nearly 3 times greater than the mean SI of control mice (injected with PBS or pVAX1). ConA: concanavalin A. .