Gender is a major factor in determining the severity of mycoplasma respiratory disease in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2865-2871

  Yancey, A L ^a   Watson, H L ^a   Cartner, S C ^a   Simecka, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035055335     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2865-2871.2001     Document Type: Article

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