2.3.2. Characterisation of the acute CD
5 infected mice were used to characterise the acute CD, obtaining peripheral blood from the mandibular vein. 5 µL blood was obtained every 2 days from the 3rd day post-infection (dpi) until the day parasitaemia was not detected for 10 consecutive days. Blood was diluted 1:100 in PBS, and the parasitaemia was quantified using a Neubauer chamber (Martín-Escolano et al. , 2018) (Scheme 1 ).