Experimental Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection in mice: Influence of the hormonal status of the host on tissue responses

Medical Mycology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-178

  Aristizabal B H ^a   Clemons, K V ^b,c,d   Cock, A M ^a   Restrepo, A ^a   Stevens, D A ^b,c,d  

^a Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas ^*  (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Granuloma; Murine models; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CASTRATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HOST; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0036257529     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.40.2.169.178     Document Type: Article

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