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Volume 2013, Article ID 487024, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/487024
Research Article

Chronic Wounds, Biofilms and Use of Medicinal Larvae

Linda J. Cowan,1 Joyce K. Stechmiller,2 Priscilla Phillips,3 Qingping Yang,4 and Gregory Schultz4

1Research Service, Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center (151B), North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
2Department of Adult and Elderly Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
3Institute for Wound Research, University of Florida, Room M337F, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610-0424, USA
4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Wound Research, University of Florida, Room M337F, 1600 South West Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610-0294, USA

Received 10 October 2012; Accepted 10 December 2012

Academic Editor: Pranab K. Das

Copyright © 2013 Linda J. Cowan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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