Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the female reproductive tract of the rat: Influence of progesterone on infectivity and immune response

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 893-898

  Kaushic, Charu ^a   Murdin, Andrew D ^b   Underdown, Brian J ^b   Wira, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Connaught Laboratories Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0031887289     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.893-898.1998     Document Type: Article

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