Environmental Mapping of Paracoccidioides spp. in Brazil Reveals New Clues into Genetic Diversity, Biogeography and Wild Host Association.

• Main Authors: Thales Domingos Arantes (Author), Raquel Cordeiro Theodoro (Author), Marcus de Melo Teixeira (Author), Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco (Author), Eduardo Bagagli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides lutzii are the etiological agents of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), and are easily isolated from human patients. However, due to human migration and a long latency period, clinical isolates do not reflect the spatial distribution of these...