Experimental transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from pregnant rat to fetus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4974-4976

  Nowicki, Stella ^a,b   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^a,b   Anderson, Garland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032795540     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4974-4976.1999     Document Type: Article

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