Immersion infection of germ-free zebrafish with Listeria monocytogenes induces transient expression of innate immune response genes

Zebrafish, Denio rerio, could be an alternative to other classic animal models for human infectious diseases to examine the processes of microbial infections and host-pathogen interactions in vivo because of their small body dimension but large clutch size. We established germ-free zebrafish infecti...

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Main Authors: Ying eShan, Chun eFang, Changyong eCheng, Yong eWang, Jinrong ePeng, Weihuan eFang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00373/full