Characterization of Bacillus anthracis Persistence In Vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Jenkins, Sarah A ^a   Xu, Yi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84878628797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066177     Document Type: Article

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