Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), initially reported in 1908 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, by
Adolpho Lutz, is primarily a systemic and neglected tropical mycosis that may affect …

The X chromosome and X-linked variants have largely been ignored in genome-wide and
candidate association studies of infectious diseases due to the complexity of statistical …

Although endemic mycoses are a frequent health problem in Latin American countries,
clinical and epidemiological data remain scarce and fragmentary. These mycoses have a …

There are many instances where males and females differ in the susceptibility to infections.
The reason for these differences in susceptibility is multifactorial. The primary cause is …

Deaths caused by systemic mycoses such as paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis,
histoplasmosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis, coccidioidomycosis and zygomycosis amounted …

Paracoccidioidomycosis, one of the most important endemic and systemic mycoses in Latin
America, presents several clinical pictures. Epidemiological studies indicate a striking rarity …

Numerous investigations have revealed a bias toward males in the susceptibility to and
severity of a variety of infectious diseases, especially parasitic diseases. Although different …

Eosinophilia is a common finding in returning travellers and migrants, and in this group it
often indicates an underlying helminth infection. Infections are frequently either …

Pulmonary fibrosis is a form of lung disease that develops due to aberrant wound-healing
following repeated alveoli injury in genetically susceptible individuals, resulting in chronic …

Epidemiologic and clinical data for 53 patients with paracoccidioidomycosis and co-infected
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)(cases) were compared with those for 106 patients …