Paracoccidioides brasiliensis AND Paracoccidioides lutzii, A SECRET LOVE AFFAIR

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Thales Domingos ARANTES, Eduardo BAGAGLI, Gustavo NIÑO-VEGA, Gioconda SAN-BLAS, Raquel Cordeiro THEODORO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2015
• Subjects: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioides lutzii; Biology; Dimorphism; Ecology; Molecular phylogeny; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652015000700006; https://doaj.org/article/26e9c16c9a96461bb46944efda88967a

SUMMARYTo commemorate Prof. Carlos da Silva Lacaz's centennial anniversary, the authors have written a brief account of a few, out of hundreds, biological, ecological, molecular and phylogenetic studies that led to the arrival of Paracoccidioides lutzii, hidden for more than a century within Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Lacaz's permanent interest in this fungus, and particularly his conviction on the benefits that research on paracoccidioidomycosis would bring to patients, were pivotal in the development of the field.