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The orange spotted cockroach ( <i>Blaptica dubia</i> , Serville 1839) is a permissive experimental host for <i>Francisella tularensis</i>

2016-03-04

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Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic bacterial pathogen that causes severe disease in a wide range of host animals, including humans. Well-developed murine models of F. tularensis pathogenesis are available, but they do not meet the needs of all investigators. Instead, researchers are increasingly turning to insect host systems to: (1) allow high-throughput that is cost-prohibitive or ethically-questionable in ma...

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10.7287/peerj.preprints.1524v2
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