Delayed invasion of the kidney and brain by Borrelia crocidurae in plasminogen-deficient mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5832-5839

  Nordstrand, A ^a   Shamaei Tousi, A ^a   Ny, A ^a   Bergstrom S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; PLASMINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; BRAIN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLASMINOGEN; ROSETTE FORMATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034877748     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5832-5839.2001     Document Type: Article

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