Galleria mellonella and the study of fungal pathogenesis: making the case for another genetically tractable model host.

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Published in Mycopathologia on December 01, 2007

Authors

Eleftherios Mylonakis1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Gray 5, GRJ-504, Boston, MA 02114, USA. emylonakis@partners.org

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