... Yangzhou,Jiangsu, China†Defence Research and DevelopmentCanada-Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta,CanadaDatabase The nucleotide sequence of lgt3 gene in Moraxella catarrhalis strain O35E has beensubmitted ... present in nasal washes were measured atvarious time points postchallenge. The minimum detectablenumber of viable bacteria was 4 CFU per nasal washing.Clearance of M. catarrhalis was expressed as ... to the well. The datarepresent the average of three independent assays.Nasopharyngeal clearance pattern in animalmodelFemale BALB ⁄ c mice (6–8 weeks of age) were obtainedfrom Taconic Farms...