title: Fungal x host interactions in Chromoblastomycosis: what we have learned from animal models and what is yet to be solved.
abstract: Animal studies with chromoblastomycosis were initiated together with the first descriptions of the disease. In this editorial commentary, animal models are briefly reviewed, and the available data based on new immunology tools are discussed.
authors.forename: Claudio Guedes
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Salgado
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D023421:Models, Animal