Infection of mice with aerosolized Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Use of a nose-only apparatus for delivery of low doses of inocula and design of an ultrasafe facility

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4646-4649

  Schwebach, J Reid ^a   Chen, Bing ^a   Glatman Freedman, Aharona ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a   McKinney, John D ^a   Harb, John L ^a   McGuire, Patrick J ^a   Barkley, W Emmett ^a   Bloom, Barry R ^a   Jacobs Jr , William R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; HAZARDS;

INFECTION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSAFETY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036727247     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.9.4646-4649.2002     Document Type: Article

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