Standardization of the Whitten Effect to Induce Susceptibility to Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Female Mice

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 13-17

  Dalal, Stephen J ^a   Estep, J Scot ^b   Valentin Bon, Iris E ^a   Jerse, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; URINE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX ATTRACTANTS; URINE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0035290171     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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