Serology of Paracoccidioidomycosis Due to Paracoccidioides lutzii [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Paracoccidioides lutzii is a new agent of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) and has its epicenter localized to the Central-West region of Brazil. Serological diagnosis of PCM caused by P. lutzii has not been established.
Araujo, Leticia Mendes +6 more
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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.
Priscila Marques de Macedo +5 more
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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
Eduardo Bagagli +9 more
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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 ...
Bruno de Souza Scramignon-Costa +9 more
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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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Functionality of the paracoccidioides mating α-pheromone-receptor system [PDF]
, 2012 Recent evidence suggests that Paracoccidioides species have the potential to undergo sexual reproduction, although no sexual cycle has been identified either in nature or under laboratory conditions.
Ana G. Gomes-Alves +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.
Karolina Rosa Fernandes-Beraldo +2 more
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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.
ALVES, Beatriz Costa Aguiar +7 more
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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
Goldman, Gustavo H. +3 more
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Paracoccidioides cerebriformis Moore, 1935. MYCOLOGIC AND IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDY
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1997 The present study concern on mycologic and immunochemical data obtained from two samples of a fungus considered as belonging to the species Paracoccidioides cerebriformis described by Moore in 1935, and maintained since then on Sabouraud’s agar in the ...
Carlos da Silva LACAZ +6 more
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