Intravenous mouse infection model for studying the pathology of Enterococcus faecalis infections.

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Published in Infect Immun on March 01, 2003

Authors

Claudia Gentry-Weeks1, Monica Estay, Cindy Loui, Dale Baker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. claudia.gentry-weeks@colostate.edu

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