IN VIVO ANTIVIRAL EFFECT OF INTERLEUKIN 18 IN A MOUSE MODEL OF VACCINIA VIRUS INFECTION
β Scribed by Mari Tanaka-Kataoka; Toshio Kunikata; Satoru Takayama; Kanso Iwaki; Kunihiro Ohashi; Masao Ikeda; Masashi Kurimoto
- Book ID
- 115596292
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-4666
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