Galleria mellonella as a model host to study virulence of Candida

Virulence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-239

  Jacobsen, Ilse D ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida metapsilosis; Candida orthopsilosis; Candida parapsilosis; Galleria mellonella; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; EDITORIAL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA; HUMANS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84897877201     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.27434     Document Type: Editorial

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