Hiding in the yolk: A unique feature of Legionella pneumophila infection of zebrafish.

The zebrafish has become a powerful model organism to study host-pathogen interactions. Here, we developed a zebrafish model to dissect the innate immune response to Legionella pneumophila during infection. We show that L. pneumophila cause zebrafish larvae death in a dose dependent manner. Addition...

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Main Authors: Flávia Viana, Laurent Boucontet, Valerio Laghi, Daniel Schator, Marine Ibranosyan, Sophie Jarraud, Emma Colucci-Guyon, Carmen Buchrieser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011375