A murine model for the study of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections during pregnancy

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2607-2610

  Pal, Sukumar ^a   Peterson, Ellena M ^a   De La Maza, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0032948818     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2607-2610.1999     Document Type: Article

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