Murine granulated metrial gland cells are susceptible to Chlamydia psitacci infection in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3897-3900

  Sánchez, Joaquín ^a   Buendía, Antonio J ^a   Salinas, Jesus ^a   Bernabé, Antonio ^a   Rodolakis, Annie ^b   Stewart, Ian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; METRIAL GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029736724     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3897-3900.1996     Document Type: Article

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