Zebrafish as a model host for Candida albicans infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2512-2521

  Chao, Chun Cheih ^a   Hsu, Po Chen ^a   Jen, Chung Feng ^a   Chen, I Hui ^a   Wang, Chieh Huei ^a   Chan, Hau Chien ^a   Tsai, Pei Wen ^a   Tung, Kai Che ^a   Wang, Chian Huei ^a   Lan, Chung Yu ^a   Chuang, Yung Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL; YEAST; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPHAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77952698205     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01293-09     Document Type: Article

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