Pathogenicity of Aspergillus fumigatus mutants assessed in Galleria mellonella matches that in mice

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Slater, J L ^a   Gregson, L ^a   Denning, D W ^a   Warn, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Galleria mellonella; invasive aspergillosis; siderophore; wax moth larvae

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE DELETION; LARVA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICE; MUTATION; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79951500577     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.523852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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