Fluctuations in haemocyte density and microbial load may be used as indicators of fungal pathogenicity in larvae of Galleria mellonella

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1389-1395

  Bergin, David ^a   Brennan, Marc ^a   Kavanagh, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Candida; Galleria; Haemocyte; Innate immunity; Pathogenicity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IMMUNITY; INOCULATION; INSECT; LARVA; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; FUNGI; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA;

EID: 0345096508     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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