Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Virulence and an attempt to induce the dimorphic process with fetal calf serum

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 174-179

  De Moraes Borba, C ^a   Schaffer G M V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dimorphism; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN; AGAR; GLUCAN; MINERAL OIL; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL TYPE; CELL WALL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETAL CALF SERUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETAL BLOOD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MINERAL OIL; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0036304492     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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