Mu, Qinghui
Zhang, Husen
Liao, Xiaofeng
Lin, Kaisen
Liu, Hualan
Edwards, Michael R.
Ahmed, S. Ansar
Yuan, Ruoxi
Li, Liwu
Cecere, Thomas E.
Branson, David B.
Kirby, Jay L.
Goswami, Poorna
Leeth, Caroline M.
Read, Kaitlin A.
Oestreich, Kenneth J.
Vieson, Miranda D.
Reilly, Christopher M.
Luo, Xin M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R03-AI117597)
Article History
Received: 21 October 2016
Accepted: 5 July 2017
First Online: 11 July 2017
Ethics approval
: This study was carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Virginia Tech College of Veterinary Medicine (Animal Welfare Assurance Number: A3208-01). For anesthesia and euthanasia, isoflurane and CO2 were used, respectively, according to the IACUC protocol.
: Not applicable.
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