Virulence of pPst+ and pPst- strains of Yersinia pestis for guinea-pigs

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 440-444

  Samoilova, S V ^a   Samoilova, L V ^b   Yezhov, I N ^a   Drozdov, I G ^a   Anisimov, A P ^a  

^a Laboratory of Applied Genetics   (Russian Federation)

^b Laboratory of Aerosols   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0029917399     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-6-440     Document Type: Article

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