Galleria mellonella as a model host to study Paracoccidioides Lutzii and Histoplasma Capsulatum

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-146

  Thomaz, Luciana ^a   García Rodas, Rocío ^b   Guimarães, Allan J ^c,d   Taborda, Carlos P ^a   Zaragoza, Oscar ^b   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogenesis; Galleria mellonella; Histoplasma capsulatum; Infection model; Paracoccidioides lutzii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; INFECTION CONTROL; LARVA; LOG RANK TEST; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES LUTZII; PATHOGEN LOAD; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874207312     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.23047     Document Type: Article

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