The cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) as an animal model for respiratory tract infections with human pathogens

Lab Animal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 170-176

  Green, M Gia ^a   Huey, Devra ^a   Niewiesk, Stefan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SIGMODONTINAE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BREEDING; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 84876741662     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban.188     Document Type: Article

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