Intranasal infection of beige mice with Mycobacterium avium complex: Role of neutrophils and natural killer cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4236-4241

  Saunders, Bernadette M ^a,b   Cheers, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029845257     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4236-4241.1996     Document Type: Article

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