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Genome Update of the Dimorphic Human Pathogenic Fungi Causing Paracoccidioidomycosis
4 Dec 2014
Abstract excerpt
Paracoccidiodomycosis (PCM) is a clinically important fungal disease that can acquire serious systemic forms and is caused by the thermodimorphic fungal Paracoccidioides spp. PCM is a tropical disease that is endemic in Latin America, where up to ten million people are infected; 80% of reported cases occur in Brazil, followed by Colombia and Venezuela. To enable genomic studies and to better characterize the...
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