Role of genetic resistance in invasive pneumococcal infection: Identification and study of susceptibility and resistance in inbred mouse strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 426-434

  Gingles, N A ^a   Alexander, J E ^a   Kadioglu, A ^a   Andrew, P W ^a   Kerr, A ^a   Mitchell, T J ^a   Hopes, E ^a   Denny, P ^a   Brown, S ^a   Jones, H B ^a   Little, S ^a   Booth, G C ^a   McPheat, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; H-2 ANTIGENS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035168473     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.1.426-434.2001     Document Type: Article

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