City: São Paulo
See other companies with research projects supported by PIPE ProgramFungal infections, better known as mycoses, are infectious diseases caused by eukaryotic microorganisms, pathogenic fungi. The Fungi kingdom has a biodiversity of about 1.5 million species, many of them have biotechnological interests and are used in industry while some other species have impact on the Health area or related to it. Infections caused by fungi have a huge economic impact on…
Sporotrichosis is a deep mycosis caused by fungi of the genus Sporothrix, a disease that affects humans and other mammals. Sporothrix brasiliensis, the main pathogenic species, is transmitted to humans by scratches or bites by infected domestic cats. In Brazil, it is considered a zoonotic hyperendemin, a disease still neglected and still underreported. It is estimated a population of 23.9…
Since 1998, the human and feline sporotrichosis epidemic caused by the new pathogen, S. brasiliensis, discovered in 2007, has spread in Brazil without any perspective of epidemiological control. Already considered a hyperepidemia in some states, the disease reaches the entire South-Southeast region, expanding to the Northeast. Current epidemiological bulletins and reports record from hund…
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