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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Cell Wall Glucans, Pathogenicity, and Dimorphism

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Current Topics in Medical Mycology

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Paracoccidioidomycosis is one of the several systemic fungal diseases that afflict humans. Geographically, it is confined to Latin America, with its endemic areas extending from Central America down to Argentina. Humans, apparently are the only hosts susceptible to natural infection by its etiologic agent, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Although almost 80 years have elapsed since the dimorphic nature of P. brasiliensis was first described by Lutz (1908), our knowledge of the biological events that take place in this process has been acquired very slowly; even at present, many important questions still remain unanswered (1).

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San-Blas, G. (1985). Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Cell Wall Glucans, Pathogenicity, and Dimorphism. In: McGinnis, M.R. (eds) Current Topics in Medical Mycology. Current Topics in Medical Mycology, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9547-8_9

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