Distribution of Mycoplasma haemofelis in blood and tissues following experimental infection

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 334-340

  Tasker, Séverine ^a   Peters, Iain R ^a   Day, Michael J ^a   Willi, Barbara ^b   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^b   Gruffydd Jones, Timothy J ^a   Helps, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Haemoplasma; Quantitative real time PCR; Sequestration, M. haemofelis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LUNG; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 71249122228     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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