Opportunistic infections of mice and rats: Jacoby and lindsey revisited

ILAR Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-276

  Carty, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Health monitoring; Mice; Parasites; Rats; Rodents; Survey; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; MICE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 58149224869     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.49.3.272     Document Type: Review

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