Its not all that screwed up. It resists most viruses just fine, and for
worms it much better that B6.
Jeff Frelinger
On Mon, 15 May 1995 mdcabl at cc.newcastle.edu.au wrote:
> Hi all,
> The title says it all. The Balb/C seems to be an absolute disaster in terms of
> beating an infection. I have heard it is an archetypal Th2 mouse but this seems
> to be a hand waving explaination. Just curious. I haven't seem much on the
> actual genetic reasons for it being so much more screwed up than say a swiss or
> C57.
> Cheers,
> Allen Black
> Univ. of Newcastle
>mdcabl at cc.newcastle.edu.au>>>
