Paracoccidioidomycosis in children in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): Geographic distribution and the study of a "reservarea"

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: A. J. RIOS GONÇALVES, A. T. LONDERO, G. M. F. TERRA, R. ROZENBAUM, T. F. ABREU, S. A. NOGUEIRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998
• Subjects: Paracoccidioidomycosis; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Ecology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651998000100003; https://doaj.org/article/3d5a43d954244521bfb6ca567f809a47

Thirty six cases of acute disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis in 3 to 12 year-old children, natives of the state of Rio de Janeiro, were seen in the period 1981-1996. All patients were residents in the rural region of 15 counties, scattered on the Southwestern part of this state. The rural region of...