Paracoccidioides Species Complex: Ecology, Phylogeny, Sexual Reproduction, and Virulence
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1 Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brası́lia (UnB), Brası́lia, Brazil, 2 Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil, 3 Centro de Microbiologı́a y Biologı́a Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela, 4 Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil, 5 Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brası́lia, Brası́lia, Brazil
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