Quantitative evaluation of Mycobacterium abscessus clinical isolate virulence using a silkworm infection model

• Yasuhiko Matsumoto ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ymatsumoto@my-pharm.ac.jp (YM); yhoshino@niid.go.jp (YH)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-2304

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• Hanako Fukano,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Naoki Hasegawa,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshihiko Hoshino ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ymatsumoto@my-pharm.ac.jp (YM); yhoshino@niid.go.jp (YH)

  Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-0715

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• Takashi Sugita

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan

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