Animals devoid of pulmonary system as infection models in the study of lung bacterial pathogens

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  López Hernández, Yamilé ^a   Yero, Daniel ^b   Pinos Rodríguez, Juan M ^a   Gibert, Isidre ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative model; C. elegans; Cystic fibrosis; Drosophila melanogaster; Galleria mellonella; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84927517978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00038     Document Type: Review

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