Establishing an invertebrate Galleria mellonella greater wax moth larval model of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus) causes the human sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. Studying gonococcal pathogenesis and developing new vaccines and therapies to combat the increasing prevalence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria has made use of many ex vivo models based on human cells a...

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Main Authors: Aiste Dijokaite, Maria Victoria Humbert, Emma Borkowski, Roberto M La Ragione, Myron Christodoulides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-12-01
Series:Virulence
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.1950269