Using bioluminescent imaging to investigate synergism between streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza A virus in infant mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Short, Kirsty R ^a   Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A ^b   Reading, Patrick C ^a   Brown, Lorena E ^a   Rogers, Kelly L ^c   Strugnell, Richard A ^a   Wijburg, Odilia L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

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EID: 80355130073     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2357     Document Type: Article

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