Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma fermentans and Mycoplasma penetrans in experimentally infected chicken embryos

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3419-3424

  Hayes, Michael M ^a   Li, Bing Jie ^a   Wear, Douglas J ^a   Shyh Ching, L O ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9344267679     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3419-3424.1996     Document Type: Article

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