Immunodiagnosis of Paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Using a Latex Test: Detection of Specific Antibody Anti-gp43 and Specific Antigen gp43 [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BackgroundParacoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a life-threatening systemic disease and is a neglected public health problem in many endemic regions of Latin America.
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Isolated from Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reveal Population Structure and Admixture in the Amazon Basin [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Paracoccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal disease to Latin America caused by at least five species-level genotypes of Paracoccidioides, named P. lutzii, P. brasiliensis (S1a and S1b populations), P. americana, P. restrepiensis, and P. venezuelensis. In
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Molecular eco-epidemiology of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in road-killed mammals reveals Cerdocyon thous and Cuniculus paca as new hosts harboring this fungal pathogen. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Wild animals infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis represent important indicators of this fungal agent presence in the environment. The detection of this pathogen in road-killed wild animals has shown to be a key strategy for eco-epidemiological ...
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TLR3 Is a Negative Regulator of Immune Responses Against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019 Toll-like receptors (TLRs) comprise the best-characterized pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) family able to activate distinct immune responses depending on the receptor/adaptor set assembled.
Grasielle Pereira Jannuzzi +8 more
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Fast and cost-effective protocol to produce Paracoccidioides spp. antigens
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2023 Introduction. The existing methods for Paracoccidioides spp. antigen production are problematic in terms of standardization, specificity, stability, repeatability, and reproducibility. Objective.
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P. brasiliensis virulence is affected by SconC, the negative regulator of inorganic sulfur assimilation [PDF]
, 2013 Conidia/mycelium-to-yeast transition of Paracoccidioidesbrasiliensis is a critical step for the establishment of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic mycosis endemic in Latin America.
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Clinical features and genetic background of the sympatric species Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides americana. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 INTRODUCTION:The agents of paracoccidioidomycosis, historically identified as Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, are in fact different phylogenetic species.
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Genetic characterization of morphologically variant strains of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis [PDF]
, 2008 Molecular characterization of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis variant strains that had been preserved under mineral oil for decades was carried out by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD). On P.
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Diversity in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. the PbGP43 gene as a genetic marker [PDF]
, 2008 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a temperature-dependent dimorphic fungus and the agent of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), which is prevalent in rural workers of Latin American countries. Until a decade ago, most of the studies involving P.
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Molecular biology of the dimorphic fungi Paracoccidioides SPP [PDF]
, 2011 Paracoccidioides spp, herein commonly referred as Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, is the etiological agent of racoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most prevalent systemic mycosis endemic in Latin America. Many aspects of the biology of P. brasiliensis remain
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