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Echocardiograms, brain natriuretic peptide, and troponin were measured. Heart tissue was harvested for histopathological analysis and gene expression profiling on microarrays. Genes differently expressed between infected Balb\/c and C57BL\/6J mice were identified. Echocardiograms showed differences in Balb\/c versus C57BL\/6J infected mice in heart rate (413 versus 476 beats per minute; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0001), stroke volume (31.9 \u00b1 9.3 versus 39.2 \u00b1 5.5 \u03bcL; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03), and cardiac output (13.1 \u00b1 3.5 versus 18.7 \u00b1 3.2 \u03bcL\/min; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.002). Gene expression at 4 weeks analysis showed 32 statistically significant (<jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic> value &lt; 0.05) differentially expressed genes between infected Balb\/c and C57BL\/6J mice that were enriched for genes related to the protein kinase B (AKT) pathway. 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