The Fischer 344 rat reflects human susceptibility to francisella pulmonary challenge and provides a new platform for virulence and protection studies.

Ray HJ, Chu P, Wu TH, Lyons CR, Murthy AK, Guentzel MN, Klose KE, Arulanandam BP. The Fischer 344 rat reflects human susceptibility to francisella pulmonary challenge and provides a new platform for virulence and protection studies. PLoS One. 2010 Apr 01; 5(4):e9952.

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subject areas

Animals
Bacterial Vaccines
Disease Susceptibility
Francisella tularensis
Humans
Lung
Macrophages
Models, Animal
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344
Tularemia
Virulence

authors with profiles

Karl E. Klose
Bernard Arulanandam
M. Neal Guentzel

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