Complement depletion renders C57BL/6 mice sensitive to the Bacillus anthracis sterne strain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4420-4422

  Harvill, Eric T ^b   Lee, Gloria ^a   Grippe, Vanessa K ^a   Merkel, Tod J ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; COBRA VENOMS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 21544466433     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.7.4420-4422.2005     Document Type: Article

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