In vitro infection by Ehrlichia ruminantium of baby hamster kidney (BHK), Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) and Madin Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-168

  Zweygarth, E ^a   Josemans, A I ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BHK cells; CHO K1 cells; Cycloheximide; Ehrlichia (Cowdria) ruminantium; Heartwater; In vitro cultivation; MDBK cells

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELL TYPE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EHRLICHIA; HAMSTER; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 0041877538     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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