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Research Paper

Galleria mellonella as a model host to study Paracoccidioides lutzii and Histoplasma capsulatum

Luciana Thomaz Institute of Biomedical Science; Department of Microbiology; University of São Paulo; São Paulo, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rocío García-Rodas Mycology Reference Laboratory; National Centre for Microbiology; Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Madrid, Spain
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Allan J. Guimarães Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, NY USA
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Carlos P. Taborda Institute of Biomedical Science; Department of Microbiology; University of São Paulo; São Paulo, Brazil
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Oscar Zaragoza Mycology Reference Laboratory; National Centre for Microbiology; Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Madrid, Spain
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Joshua D. Nosanchuk Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, NY USA
Pages 139-146 | Received 17 May 2012, Accepted 28 Nov 2012, Published online: 09 Jan 2013

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