Clinical and histological features of inoculation site skin lesions in cynomolgus monkeys experimentally infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-554

  Walsh, Douglas S ^a,e   Delacruz, Eduardo C ^b   Abalos, Rodolfo M ^b   Tan, Esterlina V ^b   Jiang, Ju ^c   Richards, Allen L ^c   Eamsila, Chirapa ^d   Rodkvantook, Wuttikorn ^d   Myint, Khin Saw Aye ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Leonard Wood Memorial Center for Leprosy Research Philippines   (Philippines)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e KEMRI/CDC Research Station   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cynomolgus monkey; Eschar; Macaca fascicularis; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PILOT PROJECTS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 37549032694     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0642     Document Type: Article

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