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Sexual variability in Histoplasma capsulatum and its possible distribution: what is going on?
Revista iberoamericana de micologia - 1 Jan 2000
Muniz Mauro Medeiros, Sousa Carolina Nascimento, Evangelista Oliveira Manoel Marques, Pizzini Claudia Vera, Almeida Marcos Abreu, Rodríguez-Arellanes Gabriela, Taylor Maria Lucia, Zancopé-Oliveira Rosely Maria
Abstract excerpt
Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungal pathogen naturally found in the soil. Inhalation of conidia can result in pulmonary histoplasmosis and, in some cases, causes severe disseminated disease and death. This fungus is an ascomycete that has an anamorphic or asexual stage and a teleomorphic or sexual stage, known as Ajellomyces capsulatus, which results from (+) and (-) mating types. Sexual reproduction is...
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