Animal infection models using non-mammals.
Microbiol Immunol
; 64(9): 585-592, 2020 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-32757288
The use of non-human animal models for infection experiments is important for investigating the infectious processes of human pathogenic bacteria at the molecular level. Mammals, such as mice and rabbits, are also utilized as animal infection models, but large numbers of animals are needed for these experiments, which is costly, and fraught with ethical issues. Various non-mammalian animal infection models have been used to investigate the molecular mechanisms of various human pathogenic bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This review discusses the desirable characteristics of non-mammalian infection models and describes recent non-mammalian infection models that utilize Caenorhabditis elegans, silkworm, fruit fly, zebrafish, two-spotted cricket, hornworm, and waxworm.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Bacterianas
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Pez Cebra
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Gryllidae
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Caenorhabditis elegans
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Modelos Animales de Enfermedad
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Drosophila melanogaster
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Microbiol Immunol
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Australia