Animal and human tissue models of vertical Listeria monocytogenes transmission and implications for other pregnancyassociated infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Lowe, David E ^a   Robbins, Jennifer R ^b   Bakardjiev, Anna I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIR Biotechnology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Listeria; Maternal fetal barrier; Placental pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; EXPLANT; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA TISSUE; PLACENTAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 85047381312     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00801-17     Document Type: Article

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