Leptospira interrogans stably infects zebrafish embryos, altering phagocyte behavior and homing to specific tissues

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Davis, J Muse ^a   Haake, David A ^b,c   Ramakrishnan, Lalita ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTE;

ANIMALS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PHAGOCYTES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 68349115091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000463     Document Type: Article

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