The left lung is preferentially targeted during experimental paracoccidioidomycosis in C57BL/6 mice
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a chronic systemic mycosis caused by the inhalation of the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as well as the recently described P. lutzii. Because the primary infection occurs in the lungs, we investigated the differential involvement of the righ...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2013-10-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001000839&lng=en&tlng=en |