Galleria mellonella larvae as an infection model for group A streptococcus

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 419-428

  Loh, Jacelyn M S ^a   Adenwalla, Nazneen ^a   Wiles, Siouxsie ^a   Proft, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Galleria mellonella larvae; Group A streptococcus; In vivo; Infection model; Streptococcus pyogenes; Wax worms

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; M PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE INACTIVATION; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; LARVA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84880069701     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.24930     Document Type: Article

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