The Fischer 344 Rat Reflects Human Susceptibility to Francisella Pulmonary Challenge and Provides a New Platform for Virulence and Protection Studies - Concepedia

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The Fischer 344 Rat Reflects Human Susceptibility to Francisella Pulmonary Challenge and Provides a New Platform for Virulence and Protection Studies

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2010

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Heather J. Ray, Ping Chu, Terry Wu, C. Rick Lyons, Ashlesh K. Murthy, M. Neal Guentzel, Karl E. Klose, Bernard P. Arulanandam

Abstract

The Fischer 344 rat exhibits similar sensitivity to F. tularensis strains as that reported for humans, and thus the Fischer 344 ray may serve as a better animal model for tularemia vaccine development.

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