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Understanding of bacterial virulence using the silkworm infection model
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Understanding of bacterial virulence using the silkworm infection model
Drug Discov Ther.
2016 Feb.
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Abstract
We have used silkworms, larva of Bombyx mori, to investigate host-pathogen interactions. Silkworms have several advantages, such as high availability of a large number of animals and ease of injection of quantitative amounts of samples. Human pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa kill silkworms. In this review, I would like to summarize our approach identifying S. aureus virulence factors by using the silkworm infection model.
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