Ocular pathologic response elicited by chlamydia organisms and the predictive value of quantitative modeling

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1780-1789

  Wilson, David P ^a,d   Bowlin, Anne K ^b   Bavoil, Patrik M ^c   Rank, Roger G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE MODEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 67650499235     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599093     Document Type: Article

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