Characterization of pneumonia due to Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus in dogs

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1790-1796

  Priestnall, Simon L ^a   Erles, Kerstin ^a   Brooks, Harriet W ^a   Cardwell, Jacqueline M ^a   Waller, Andrew S ^b   Paillot, Romain ^b   Robinson, Carl ^b   Darby, Alistair C ^c   Holden, Matthew T G ^d   Schöniger, Sandra ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; SUPERANTIGEN; SZEF SUPERANTIGEN; SZEN SUPERANTIGEN; SZEP SUPERANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONDON; LUNG; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78449263993     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00188-10     Document Type: Article

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