Exploiting the potential of insects for in vivo pathogenicity testing of microbial pathogens
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- 1 February 2004
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
- Vol. 28 (1) , 101-112
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsre.2003.09.002
Abstract
Conventional assays for quantifying the virulence of microbial pathogens and mutants have traditionally relied upon the use of a range of mammalian sKeywords
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