Sulfated polysaccharides block chlamydia infection in vitro, but do not protect mice from vaginal inoculation

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-256

  Burillo, Christine A ^a   Fontenot, J Darrell ^a   Phillips, David M ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Microbicide; Sexually transmitted infections; Sulfated polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; NONOXINOL 9; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031952793     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1997.0195     Document Type: Article

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