A centennial: discovery of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

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Published in Mycopathologia on September 08, 2008

Authors

Célia Maria de Almeida Soares1, Maria José Soares Mendes-Giannini, Maria Sueli Soares Felipe, Vishnu Chaturvedi

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, ICB II, Campus II, Universidade Federal de Goias, 74001-970 Goiania, Goias, Brazil.

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