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SUBMITTER: Hoopman TC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3294655 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection and immunity 20111219 3
Young adult chinchillas were atraumatically inoculated with Moraxella catarrhalis via the nasal route. Detailed histopathologic examination of nasopharyngeal tissues isolated from these M. catarrhalis-infected animals revealed the presence of significant inflammation within the epithelium. Absence of similar histopathologic findings in sham-inoculated animals confirmed that M. catarrhalis was exposed to significant host-derived factors in this environment. Twenty-four hours after inoculation, vi ...[more]