Southern Research

1 article published in JoVE

• Immunology and Infection

  
  The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach as an Alternative Non-mammalian Animal Model to Investigate Virulence, Pathogenesis, and Drug Efficacy Jennifer Chua¹, Nathan A. Fisher², Shane D. Falcinelli¹, David DeShazer¹, Arthur M. Friedlander^{3 1}Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, ²Southern Research, ³Headquarters Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases We present a protocol to utilize the Madagascar hissing cockroach as an alternative non-mammalian animal model to conduct bacterial virulence, pathogenesis, drug toxicity, drug efficacy, and innate immune response studies.