The increasing interest for Galleria mellonella larvae as an infection model is evidenced by
the number of papers reporting its use, which increases exponentially since the early 2010s …

The larva of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella is an increasingly popular model for
assessing the virulence of bacterial pathogens and the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents …

The study of bacterial virulence often requires a suitable animal model. Mammalian models
of infection are costly and may raise ethical issues. The use of insects as infection models …

Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) larvae are used widely as surrogate infectious
disease models, due to ease of use and the presence of an innate immune system …

Larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, are a convenient in vivo model for
assessing the activity and toxicity of antimicrobial agents and for studying the immune …

Galleria mellonella is a well-accepted insect model for the study of pathogen-host
interactions and antimicrobial compounds. The main advantages of this model include the …

Mammals are widely used by microbiologists as a model host species to study infectious
diseases of humans and domesticated livestock. These studies have been pivotal for our …

The number of studies using G. mellonella as a model host for human pathogens has
increased significantly in the last few years. Important studies were published from different …

abstract Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth or honeycomb moth) has been introduced as
an alternative model to study microbial infections. G. mellonella larvae can be easily and …

Murine models are suggested as the gold standard for scientific research, but they have
many limitations of ethical and logistical concern. Then, the alternative host models have …