Growth rate of mycobacteria in mice as an unreliable indicator of mycobacterial virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5483-5485

  North, Robert J ^a   Ryan, Lynn ^a   LaCource, Ronald ^a   Mogues, Tirsit ^a   Goodrich, Mariam E ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032868134     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5483-5485.1999     Document Type: Article

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