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Development of a Combat-Relevant Murine Model of Wound Mucormycosis: A Platform for the Pre-Clinical Investigation of Novel Therapeutics for Wound-Invasive Fungal Diseases
- Rex J. R. Samdavid Thanapaul,
- Yonas A. Alamneh,
- Daniel K. Finnegan,
- Vlado Antonic,
- Rania Abu-Taleb,
- Christine Czintos,
- Dylan Boone,
- Wanwen Su,
- Venkatasivasai S. Sajja and
- Alexander G. Bobrov
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Wound-invasive fungal diseases (WIFDs), especially mucormycosis, have emerged as life-threatening infections during recent military combat operations. Many combat-relevant fungal pathogens are refractory to current antifungal therapy. Therefore, anim...