Serologic Detection of Coccidioidomycosis Antibodies in Northeast Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorCordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar
dc.contributor.authorBezerra Fechine, Maria Auxiliadora
dc.contributor.authorNogueira Brilhante, Raimunda Samia
dc.contributor.authorGadelha Rocha, Marcos Fabio
dc.contributor.authorFreire da Costa, Ana Karoline
dc.contributor.authorTiemi Dias Nagao, Maria Aparecida
dc.contributor.authorCamargo, Zoilo Pires de [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorCosta Sidrim, Jose Julio
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Fed Ceara
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Estadual Ceara
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T13:52:23Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T13:52:23Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-01
dc.description.abstractCoccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by Coccidioides spp. the disease is endemic in Brazil but its incidence is underreported as it is not a notifiable disease. This article presents the results of a serologic survey carried out with 229 volunteers in northeast Brazil by the immunodiffusion (ID) test with commercial Coccidioides spp. antigens. the commercial ID test detected 15 individuals without clinical diagnosis of the disease and two individuals in treatment for coccidioidomycosis. Regarding the epidemiological data, most of the positive individuals were male, between 18 and 65 years of age and were engaged in armadillo hunting. Three women who had never participated in armadillo hunts also displayed positive results for coccidioidal antibodies. Besides armadillo hunts, exposure to environmental dust in endemic areas may account for the serologic response detected in the study. the data from this study suggest the importance of performing epidemiological surveys for coccidioidomycosis in order to understand the prevalence of this disease in Brazil.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Ceara, Specialized Med Mycol Ctr, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Ceara, Dept Biol Sci, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Ceara, Postgrad Program Vet Sci, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Ceara, Dept Clin & Toxicol Anal, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Parasitol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Parasitol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIDCNPq: 620161/2006-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 04/14270-0
dc.format.extent187-190
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-008-9173-5
dc.identifier.citationMycopathologia. Dordrecht: Springer, v. 167, n. 4, p. 187-190, 2009.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11046-008-9173-5
dc.identifier.issn0301-486X
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/31410
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000264549100003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofMycopathologia
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dc.subjectCoccidioidomycosisen
dc.subjectSerologic surveyen
dc.subjectImmunodiffusionen
dc.subjectBrazilen
dc.titleSerologic Detection of Coccidioidomycosis Antibodies in Northeast Brazilen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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