Testosterone correlates with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection in macaques

Virology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Muehlenbein, Michael P ^a   Cogswell, Frank B ^b   James, Mark A ^c   Koterski, James ^d   Ludwig, George V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MACACA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; VIREMIA;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; PRIMATES; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 33646361314     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-3-19     Document Type: Article

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