A germ-free humanized mouse model shows the contribution of resident microbiota to human-specific pathogen infection
Angela Wahl, Wenbo Yao, Baolin Liao, Morgan Chateau, Cara Richardson, Lijun Ling, Adrienne Franks, Krithika Senthil, Geneviève Doyon, Fengling Li, Josh Frost, Christopher B. Whitehurst, Joseph S. Pagano, Craig Fletcher, M. Andrea Azcárate-Peril, Michael G. Hudgens, Allison R. Rogala, Joseph D. Tucker, Ian McGowan, R. Balfour Sartor, J. Víctor García
Topics & Concepts
Humanized mouseSpecific-pathogen-freePathogenBiologyGermHuman pathogenMicrobiologyImmunologyVirologyGeneticsGeneCell biologyImmune systemVirusGut microbiota and healthClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology