Overview of vertebrate animal models of fungal infection. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Fungi represent emerging infectious threats to human populations worldwide. Mice and other laboratory animals have proved invaluable in modeling clinical syndromes associated with superficial and life-threatening invasive mycoses. This review outlines salient features of common vertebrate animal model systems to study fungal pathogenesis, host antifungal immune responses, and antifungal compounds.

publication date

  • April 4, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Mycoses

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4163114

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84908502490

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jim.2014.03.022

PubMed ID

  • 24709390

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 410