Repeated pregnancies in BALB/c mice infected with Coxiella burnetii cause disseminated infection, resulting in stillbirth and endocarditis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 188-194

  Stein, Andreas ^a   Lepidi, Hubert ^a,b   Mege, Jean Louis ^a   Marrie, Thomas J ^a,c   Raoult, Didier ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; STILLBIRTH;

ANIMALS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HEART VENTRICLES; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; Q FEVER; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033978689     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315166     Document Type: Article

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