Coinfection with influenza B virus does not affect association of Neisseria meningitidis with human nasopharyngeal mucosa in organ culture

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3082-3086

  Read, Robert C ^a   Goodwin, Linda ^a   Parsons, M Andrew ^a   Silcocks, Paul ^b   Kaczmarski, Edward B ^c   Parker, Andrew ^a   Baldwin, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032984365     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.3082-3086.1999     Document Type: Article

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