Eco-epidemiologic study of emerging fungi related to the work of babaçu coconut breakers in the State of Maranhão, Brazil

Eco-epidemiologic study of emerging fungi related to the work of babaçu coconut breakers in the State of Maranhão, Brazil

Introduction: There are more than 300,000 extractors using the babaçu coconut as a source of income in the States of Maranhão, Pará, Tocantins and Piauí, and this activity is associated with fungal infections. The objective of this study was to examine the occurrence of emergent fungi in the conjunc...

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Main Authors: Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento, Valéria Maria Sousa Leitão, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, Leonardo Bezerra Maciel, Walbert Edson Muniz Filho, Graça Maria de Castro Viana, Geusa Felipa de Barros Bezerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Fungi
Coconut
Allied Health Occupations
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