Reactivation of chlamydial genital tract infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2067-2073

  Cotter, Todd W ^a   Miranpuri, Gurwattan S ^a   Ramsey, Kyle H ^b   Poulsen, Christoffer E ^b   Byrne, Gerald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030988437     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.6.2067-2073.1997     Document Type: Article

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