Paracoccidioides brasiliensis antigen batches from the same isolate show immunological and biochemical differences

Mycopathologia

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Franco, Marcello ^a   Bagagli, Eduardo ^a   Cunha, Marino ^a   Chamma, Luiz Gastão ^a   Fecchio, Denise ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

fungal antigen; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0030448009     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00436570     Document Type: Article

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