Viability and molecular authentication of Coccidioides spp. isolates from the Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo culture collection, Brazil

Coccidioidomycosis is an emerging fungal disease in Brazil; adequate maintenance and authentication of Coccidioides isolates are essential for research into genetic diversity of the environmental organisms, as well as for understanding the human disease. Seventeen Coccidioides isolates maintained un...

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Main Authors: Sarah Desirée Barbosa Cavalcanti, Mônica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal, Maria da Glória Teixeira de Sousa, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652013000100002&lng=en&tlng=en