Neuropathogenesis of naturally occurring encephalitis caused by listeria monocytogenes in ruminants

Brain Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 378-390

  Oevermann, Anna ^a   Di Palma, Stefano ^b   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Abril, Carlos ^c   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Vandevelde, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c National Centre for Zoonoses   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axonal spread; Encephalitis; Intracerebral spread; Listeria monocytogenes; Pathogenesis; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BOVIDS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GOAT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIC ENCEPHALITIS; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 75949102173     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2009.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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