Comparison of the infectivity of isolates of Listeria monocytogenes following intragastric and intravenous inoculation in mice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Barbour, Angela H ^a   Rampling, Anita ^b   Hormaeche, Carlos E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b W Dorset Gen Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectivity; Intragastric; Intravenous; Listeria monocytogenes; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION; INOCULATION; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0029870098     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0023     Document Type: Article

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