BALB/c mice are a widely used strain of laboratory mice commonly used in biomedical research (i.e., including immunology, oncology, and infectious disease research) due to their genetic uniformity, susceptibility to certain diseases, and ability to produce high levels of antibodies (Brodkin, 2007; Willott et al., 1998).
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