Development of an insect model for the in vivo pathogenicity testing of yeasts

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-169

  Cotter, Gary ^a   Doyle, Sean ^a   Kavanagh, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Candida; Candidosis; Galleria; In vivo testing; Insect; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033983382     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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