Antigenic similarities to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in thermo-dependent dimorphic fungi isolated from soil in Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-41

  Sano, Ayako ^a,d   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a   Horie, Yoshikazu ^b   Franco, Marcello ^c   Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio ^d   Coelho, Kunie Iabuki Rabello ^d   Scapolio, Silvia Helena Barbin ^d   Fukushima, Kazutaka ^a   dè Camargo, Zoilo Pires ^c   Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Montenegro, Mario Rubens ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dimorphic fungi; Ecology; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 9844247983     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006835903685     Document Type: Article

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