Virulence of six capsular serotypes of Porphyromonas gingivalis in a mouse model

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 322-325

  Laine, M L ^a   Van Winkelhoff, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

K antigen; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Serotype; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032189647     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1998.tb00714.x     Document Type: Article

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