Experimental gonococcal infection in male volunteers: Cumulative experience with Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains FA1090 and MS11mkC

Experimental infection of male volunteers with Neisseria gonorrhoeae is safe and reproduces the clinical features of naturally acquired gonococcal urethritis. Human inoculation studies have helped define the natural history of experimental infection with two well-characterized strains of N. gonorrh...

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Main Authors: Marcia Metzgar Hobbs, Philip Frederick Sparling, Myron S. Cohen, William M. Shafer, Carolyn D. Deal, Ann E. Jerse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00123/full