Histopathology of paracoccidioidomycotic infection in athymic and euthymic mice: A sequential study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-242

  Burger, Eva ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^b   Sano, Ayako ^b   Calich, Vera L G ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b   Lenzi, Henrique L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MUS MUSCULUS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0029756594     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.235     Document Type: Article

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