Rabbit model for Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-52

  Fong, Ignatius W ^a   Chiu, Brian ^a   Viira, Esther ^a   Fong, Michael W ^a   Jang, Dan ^a   Mahony, James ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031059939     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.48-52.1997     Document Type: Article

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