Experimental medical mycological research in Latin America - a 2000-2009 overview;Investigación en micología médica experimental en América Latina- perspectiva general entre 2000-2009

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-25

  San Blas, Gioconda ^a   Burger, Eva ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Cell biology; Diagnosis; Fungal pathogens; Immunology; Latin America; Mycosis; Taxonomy; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

20 HYDRAZONE INIDAZOLIN 2 YL 5A CHOL 5 ENE 3BETA OL; 20 HYDRAZONE INIDAZOLIN 2 YL 5A PREGNAN 3BETA OL; 20 HYDRAZONE PYRIDIN 2 YL 5A PREGNAN 3BETA OL; 22 PIPERIDIN 2 YL PREGNAN 3BETA 22 DIOL; AJOENE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLAGELLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; FUNGUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 12; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; MICROSPHERE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; POLYGLACTIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SUCCIMER; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ASPERGILLUS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANDIDA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDES; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL VACCINES; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

FUNGI;

EID: 79952361670     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2010.11.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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