Role of the Salmonella abortusovis virulence plasmid in the infection of BALB/c mice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-18

  Uzzau, Sergio ^a   Gulig, Paul A ^b   Paglietti, Bianca ^a   Leori, Guido ^c   Stocker, Bruce A ^d   Rubino, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mouse model; Ovine salmonellosis; Peyer's patch; Salmonella abortusovis; spv gene; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; INOCULATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ABORTUS OVIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LYMPH NODES; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEYER'S PATCHES; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHEEP; VIRULENCE;

OVIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR ABORTUSOVIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0034237313     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00204-4     Document Type: Article

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