Transmission of Helicobacter hepaticus Infection to Sentinel Mice by Contaminated Bedding

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-293

  Livingston, Robert S ^a,b   Riley, Lela K ^a   Besch Williford, Cynthia L ^a   Hook Jr , Reuel R ^a   Franklin, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0031902972     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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