Clinical and pathological findings associated with aerosol exposure of macaques to ricin toxin

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2121-2133

  Pincus, Seth H ^a   Bhaskaran, Manoj ^b   Brey, Robert N ^c   Didier, Peter J ^d   Doyle Meyers, Lara A ^d   Roy, Chad J ^d,e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c Kinesis Vaccines   (United States)

^d TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol exposure; Biodefense; Ricin; Syndromic diagnosis; Telemetric monitoring; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; RICIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; AEROSOL; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE RECEPTOR;

AEROSOL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; HYPERTHERMIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA; RHESUS MONKEY; SURVIVAL TIME; TELEMETRY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG; MACACA MULATTA; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; NEUTROPHILS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RICIN;

EID: 84931274349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7062121     Document Type: Article

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