Strain and virulence diversity in the mouse pathogen Chlamydia muridarum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3284-3293

  Ramsey, Kyle H ^a   Sigar, Ira M ^a   Schripsema, Justin H ^a   Denman, Cecele J ^a   Bowlin, Anne K ^b   Myers, Garry A S ^c   Rank, Roger G ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LETHAL DOSE 50; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67651233724     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00147-09     Document Type: Article

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