Assessment of the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes: Agreement between a plaque-forming assay with HT-29 cells and infection of immunocompetent mice

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 33-44

  Roche, Sylvie M ^a   Velge, Philippe ^a   Bottreau, Elisabeth ^a   Durier, Christine ^a   Marquet van der Mee, Nathalie ^a   Pardon, Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

HT 29 cells; Listeria monocytogenes; Mouse; Plaque forming assay; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL STRAIN HT29; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; FEMALE; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MICE; PLAQUE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035882234     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00460-3     Document Type: Article

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