Pathogenesis of meningitis caused by streptococcus suis type 2

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 474-481

  Williams, A E ^a   Blakemore, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; HISTOLOGY; MENINGITIS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MENINGITIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0025346095     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.2.474     Document Type: Article

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