Detection, eradication, and research implications of Helicobacter infections in laboratory rodents

Lab Animal

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Whary, Mark T ^a   Fox, James G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PREVALENCE; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; MICE; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33747493091     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0706-25     Document Type: Review

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