Mouse strain-dependent variation in the course and outcome of chlamydial genital tract infection is associated with differences in host response

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3065-3073

  Darville, Toni ^a,d   Andrews Jr , C W ^c   Laffoon, Kim K ^a   Shymasani, W ^a   Kishen, L R ^b   Rank, R G ^b  

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

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROSALPINX; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 0030749884     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3065-3073.1997     Document Type: Article

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