Animal model Balamuthia mandrillaris CNS infection: Contrast and comparison in immunodeficient and immunocompetent mice: A murine model of 'granulomatous' amebic encephalitis

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 815-821

  Janitschke, Klaus ^a   Martínez, A Julio ^b,e   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^c   Schuster, Frederick ^d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Free living amebas; immunodeficient; SCID BALB C mice

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0029888497     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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