Neutropenia restores virulence to an attenuated Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase-deficient Haemophilus ducreyi strain in the swine model of chancroid

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5345-5351

  San Mateo, Lani R ^a   Toffer, Kristen L ^a   Orndorff, Paul E ^b   Kawula, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; ULCUS MOLLE;

EID: 0032878916     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5345-5351.1999     Document Type: Article

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