Paracoccidioidomycosis: no genetic damage in human peripheral blood cells of patients assessed by single-cell gel (comet) assay Paracoccidioidomicose: ausência de danos genéticos em células de sangue periférico de pacientes avaliados pelo teste de células individualizadas em gel (teste do cometa)

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. As infectious diseases can cause DNA damage, the authors aimed at analyzing DNA breakage in peripheral blood cells of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis by using the comet assay. The results suggested th...

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Main Authors: Renata Aparecida Martinez Antunes Ribeiro-Vieira, Daniel Araki Ribeiro, Daisy Maria Favero Salvadori, Sílvio Alencar Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
DNA
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822007000400021