Colonization of the respiratory and genital tracts of female mice with Mycoplasma pneumoniae and protection afforded to the genital tract by prior respiratory colonization

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Furr, Patricia ^a   Taylor Robinson, David ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genital tract; Immunity; Mice; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROGESTERONE; VAGINA;

EID: 0033049471     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1999.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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