Analysis of the virulence of shigella flexneri by experimental infection of the rabbit eye

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1970, Pages 394-400

  Cross, William R ^a   Nakamura, Mitsuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RABBIT; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RABBITS; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0014883398     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/122.5.394     Document Type: Article

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