Persistent colonization and transient suppression of DTH responses in an estrogen-dependent vaginal candidosis murine model

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-73

  Hamad, M ^a   Abu Elteen, K H ^a   Ghaleb, M ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0036357942     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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