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Galleria mellonella - a novel infection model for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Yanwen Lia Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKView further author information
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John Spiropoulosb Department of Pathology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, UKView further author information
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William Cooleyb Department of Pathology, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, UKView further author information
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Jasmeet Singh Kharaa Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK;c Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Camilla A Gladstonea Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKView further author information
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Masanori Asaia Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKView further author information
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Janine T Bosséa Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8491-4779View further author information
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Brian D Robertsond MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKView further author information
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Sandra M Newtona Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paul R Langforda Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6368-4724View further author information
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Pages 1126-1137 | Received 08 Feb 2018, Accepted 12 Jun 2018, Published online: 01 Aug 2018

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