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Editorial
. 2023 Jun 14:13:1225129.
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1225129. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Unconventional animal models in infectious disease research, volume II

Salma Younes  1   2 , Nouran Zein  2 , Shaden Abunasser  2 , Layla Kamareddine  1   2 , Natalia V Kirienko  3 , Gheyath K Nasrallah  1   2
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Editorial: Unconventional animal models in infectious disease research, volume II

Salma Younes et al. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. .
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Keywords: Bordetella species; Dictyostelium discoideum; Galleria mellollella; animal models; antimicrobial peptides; host-pathogen interactions; infectious diseases; phagocytic predatory amoeba.

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