Design of a Bacteriophage Cocktail Active against <i>Shigella</i> Species and Testing of Its Therapeutic Potential in <i>Galleria mellonella</i>

• Main Authors: Andrey A. Filippov (Author), Wanwen Su (Author), Kirill V. Sergueev (Author), Richard T. Kevorkian (Author), Erik C. Snesrud (Author), Apichai Srijan (Author), Yunxiu He (Author), Derrick E. Fouts (Author), Woradee Lurchachaiwong (Author), Patrick T. McGann (Author), Damon W. Ellison (Author), Brett E. Swierczewski (Author), Mikeljon P. Nikolich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Shigellosis is a leading global cause of diarrheal disease and travelers' diarrhea now being complicated by the dissemination of antibiotic resistance, necessitating the development of alternative antibacterials such as therapeutic bacteriophages (phages). Phages with lytic activity against <...