Abortive Potency of Chlamydophila abortus in Pregnant Mice Is Not Directly Correlated with Placental and Fetal Colonization Levels

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7219-7222

  Bouakane, Amel ^a   Benchaïeb, Ilhem ^a   Rodolakis, Annie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; MICE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0344851589     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.7219-7222.2003     Document Type: Article

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