Genotype is correlated with but does not predict virulence of Vibrio vulnificus biotype 1 in subcutaneously inoculated, iron dextran-treated mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1194-1207

  Thiaville, Patrick C ^a   Bourdage, Keri L ^a   Wright, Anita C ^b   Farrell Evans, Melissa ^b   Garvan, Cynthia Wilson ^a   Gulig, Paul A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON DEXTRAN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RRN GENE; SKIN INFECTION; VCG GENE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IRON-DEXTRAN COMPLEX; LIVER DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79952302963     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01031-10     Document Type: Article

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