Experimental acute respiratory Burkholderia pseudomallei infection in BALB/c mice

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-25

  Lever, Mark S ^a   Nelson, Michelle ^a   Stagg, Anthony J ^a   Beedham, Richard J ^a   Simpson, Andrew J H ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Murine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LUNG; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 58549085243     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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