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Silkworm as an animal infection model for the screening of environmental, clinical and veterinary pathogens.
Bangladesh Medical Research Council bulletin - 1 Aug 2015
Rahman A, Sultana M, Uddin M A, Malek M A, Hossain M A
Abstract excerpt
Silkworm, Bombyx mori, has passive immunity and can be infected by pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, it can be used as a robust bacterial infection model for screening of pathogenic isolates from various sources. In this work, 11 environmental, clinical and veterinary isolates were screened for pathogenicity using silkworm larvae by injecting bacterial suspension through their dorsal surface and observing response....
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