Expression of Chemokine and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Genes in Murine Peritoneal Macrophages Infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 186-194

  Koh, Young Sang ^a  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemokine gene expression; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Peritoneal macrophage; Scrub typhus; TNF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345777837     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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