Epizootic of Group B Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype V in DBA/2 Mice

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Geistfeld, James G ^a   Weisbroth, Steven H ^b   Jansen, Elizabeth A ^a   Kumpfmiller, Diane ^a  

^a Taconic   (United States)

^b AnMed/BioSafe   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; DBA MOUSE; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RODENT DISEASE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MYOCARDITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031990461     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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