Proteomics-Based Characterization of the Humoral Immune Response in Sporotrichosis: Toward Discovery of Potential Diagnostic and Vaccine Antigens.

• Main Authors: Anderson Messias Rodrigues (Author), Geisa Ferreira Fernandes (Author), Leticia Mendes Araujo (Author), Paula Portella Della Terra (Author), Priscila Oliveira dos Santos (Author), Sandro Antonio Pereira (Author), Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach (Author), Eva Burger (Author), Leila Maria Lopes-Bezerra (Author), Zoilo Pires de Camargo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Sporothrix schenckii and associated species are agents of human and animal sporotrichosis that cause large sapronoses and zoonoses worldwide. Epidemiological surveillance has highlighted an overwhelming occurrence of the highly pathogenic fungus Sporothrix brasiliensis during feline outbr...