A novel guinea pig model of Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 5994-6001

  de Jonge, Marien I ^a   Keizer, Sander A S ^a,e   el Moussaoui, Hicham M ^a   van Dorsten, Lieke ^a,f   Azzawi, Rima ^a,j   van Zuilekom, Hanneke I ^a,f   Peters, Patricia P W ^a,g   van Opzeeland, Fred J H ^b,d   van Dijk, Laura ^a,d   Nieuwland, Rob ^a   Roosenboom Theunissen, Henriëtte W M ^a   Vrijenhoek, Mieke P ^a   Debyser, Isolde ^a   Verweij, Pierre J M ^c,h   van Duijnhoven, Wilbert G F ^c   van den Bosch, Johannes F ^a,i   Nuijten, Piet J M ^a,e  

^a Department of Bacteriological R and D ^*  (Belgium)

^b Animal Service Department   (Netherlands)

^c Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

^f New Brunswick Scientific Europe BV   (Netherlands)

^g Georgia Pacific Corporation   (United States)

^h Business and Decision Netherlands BV   (Netherlands)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j Biolegio BV   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Animal model; C. trachomatis; Estradiol; Vaccine development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS ELEMENTARY BODY; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ELEMENTARY BODY ANTIBODY; ISCOM; LIVE VACCINE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; OVIDUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA;

EID: 79960735373     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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