Rat model of chronic leptospirosis

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.20, 2011, Pages

  Bonilla Santiago, Ruben ^a   Nally, Jarlath E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Rattus norvegicus; Reservoir hosts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HAMSTER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79953267324     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc12e03s20     Document Type: Article

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