Respiratory chlamydial infection based on experimental aerosol challenge of pigs with Chlamydia suis

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-23

  Sachse, Konrad ^a   Grossmann, Ernst ^a   Berndt, Angela ^a   Schütt, Christine ^b   Henning, Klaus ^a   Theegarten, Dirk ^c   Anhenn, Olaf ^c   Reinhold, Petra ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia suis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Immune response; Pig; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0345771708     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(02)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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