Assessment of Serum ( 1 3 ) - β - D - Glucan as a Measure of Disease Burden in a 1 Murine Model of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis 2 3 Nathan
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Word Count: 48 Manuscript Word Count: 994 14 *Corresponding Author: 15 Nathan P. Wiederhold, PharmD 16 UTHSCSA, PERC MSC 6220 17 7703 Floyd Curl Drive 18 San Antonio, TX 78229 19 Email: [email protected] 20 Phone: (210) 567-8340 21 Fax: (210) 567-8328 22 23 A CE PT ED Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.01425-07 AAC Accepts, published online ahead of print on 26 December 2007 on A uust 9, 2017 by gest httpaac.asm .rg/ D ow nladed fom
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