Resistance of athymic nude mice to experimental cutaneous Bacillus anthracis infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-679

  Watts, Christopher J ^b   Hahn, Beth L ^b   Sohnle, Peter G ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST CELL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; NEUTROPHILS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 61849180850     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596631     Document Type: Article

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