Evaluation of the virulence of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae lipooligosaccharide htrB and rfaD mutants in the chinchilla model of otitis media

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4431-4435

  DeMaria, T F ^a,c   Apicella, M A ^b   Nichols, W A ^b   Leake, E R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPTOSE; LIPID A; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030734568     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4431-4435.1997     Document Type: Article

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