Mortality due to systemic mycoses as a primary cause of death or in association with AIDS in Brazil: a review from 1996 to 2006

Deaths caused by systemic mycoses such as paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis, coccidioidomycosis and zygomycosis amounted to 3,583 between 1996-2006 in Brazil. When analysed as the underlying cause of death, paracoccidioidomycosis represented the most...

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Main Authors: Marli Prado, Marcelo Barbosa da Silva, Ruy Laurenti, Luiz R Travassos, Carlos P Taborda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000300019