Chlamydophila abortus infection in the mouse: A useful model of the ovine disease

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Caro, M R ^a   Buendia A J ^a   Del Rio, L ^a   Ortega, N ^a   Gallego, M C ^a   Cuello, F ^a   Navarro, J A ^a   Sanchez, J ^a   Salinas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila abortus; Immune response; Mouse experimental models; Ovine enzootic abortion; Pathogenesis; Sheep; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP DISEASE; VACCINE PRODUCTION; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 61449083636     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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