Experimental enteric infection of gnotobiotic piglets with Chlamydia suis strain S45

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 157-168

  Guscetti, Franco ^a   Schiller, Irene ^a   Sydler, Titus ^a   Heinen, Ernst ^b   Pospischil, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia suis; ELISA; Enteric infection; Gnotobiotic piglets; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS S45; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GNOTOBIOTICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS; LYMPHANGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ENTERITIS; FECES; GERM-FREE LIFE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 61449213912     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.038     Document Type: Article

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