Eradication of helicobacter bilis and H. hepaticus from infected mice by using a medicated diet

Lab Animal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Kostomitsopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Donnelly, Harry ^b   Kostavasili, Ioanna ^a   Paronis, Euthimios ^a   Alexakos, Paul ^a   Karayannacos, Panayotis ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b Surrey Diagnostics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247511112     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0507-37     Document Type: Article

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