Intranasal Infection with Chlamydia abortus Induces Dose-Dependent Latency and Abortion in Sheep

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Longbottom, David ^a   Livingstone, Morag ^a   Maley, Stephen ^a   van der Zon, Arjan ^b   Rocchi, Mara ^a   Wilson, Kim ^a   Wheelhouse, Nicholas ^a   Dagleish, Mark ^a   Aitchison, Kevin ^a   Wattegedera, Sean ^a   Nath, Mintu ^c   Entrican, Gary ^a   Buxton, David ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNITY; INOCULATION; INTRANASAL INOCULATION; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEROLOGY; SHEEP;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874558574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057950     Document Type: Article

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