Galleria mellonellalarvae as an infection model for group A streptococcus
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Galleria mellonella larvae as an infection model for group A streptococcus
Group A streptococcus is a strict human pathogen that can cause a wide range of diseases, such as tonsillitis, impetigo, necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock, and acute rheumatic fever. Modeling human diseases in animals is complicated, and rapid, simple, and cost-effective in vivo models of GAS infection are clearly lacking. Recently, the use of non-mammalian models to model human disease is sta...
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عنوان ژورنال: Virulence
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2150-5594,2150-5608
DOI: 10.4161/viru.24930