Listeria monocytogenes: Comparative interpretation of mouse virulence assay

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Liu, Dongyou ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony forming units; Listeria monocytogenes; Medium lethal dose; Mouse virulence assay; Relative virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOASSAY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 1642333897     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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