Experimental infections with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis obtained from armadillos: Comparison to clinical isolates

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Nishikaku, Angela Satie ^a   Peraçoli, Maria Terezinha S ^b   Bagagli, Eduardo ^b   Sugizaki, Maria Fátima ^b   Sartori, Alexandrina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Armadillos; BALB c mice; Infection; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPLEEN; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 48349140600     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000100013     Document Type: Article

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