Immunity to reinfection and immunization of male guinea pigs against urethral infection with the agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Patterson, Thomas L ^a   Rank, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REINFECTION; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0029988439     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199603000-00010     Document Type: Article

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