Experimental cowpox virus infection in rats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Kalthoff, Donata ^a   König, Patricia ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^b   Beer, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cowpox virus; Experimental infection; Rat; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX VIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OROPHARYNX; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SECRETIONS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, VIRAL; PETS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALIA; COWPOX VIRUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80053133648     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.048     Document Type: Article

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