Lethal factor is not required for Bacillus anthracis virulence in guinea pigs and rabbits

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Levy, Haim ^a   Weiss, Shay ^a   Altboum, Zeev ^a   Schlomovitz, Josef ^a   Rothschild, Nili ^a   Blachinsky, Eran ^a   Kobiler, David ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Edema factor; Intranasal instillation; Lethal factor; Mutagenesis; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GENE DELETION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LD 50; LETHAL GENE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MICE; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CAVIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80052484555     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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