Parasite loads from skin lesions of hamsters immunised with crude <i>L. amazonensis</i> antigens (LaAg) and infected with <i>L. braziliensis</i>.

<p>Golden hamsters (4–6 per group) were immunised with IN LaAg (•), IM LaAg (▴), or received PBS (□). Two weeks after the last immunisation, hamsters were challenged with <i>L. braziliensis</i>. A) Paw skin parasite loads were determined 114 days post-infection via a limiting dilution assay. B) Correlation between skin parasite load and lesion thickness (r = 0.70, p<0.0001). Each point represents one animal. The horizontal bars represent the median values, * p≤0.05. Data are from two independent experiments.