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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Zoilo Pires de Camargo holds a degree in Biological Sciences - Medical Modality from the São Paulo State University (1971), a Master's degree in Microbiology and Immunology from the Federal University of São Paulo (1975), a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the Federal University of São Paulo (1978), and a Postdoctoral degree from the Pasteur Institute in Paris (1981-1983). He obtained the title of Associate Professor (Livre-Docente) from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2002. Currently, he is a Full Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology at UNIFESP, working in the Cellular Biology Division. He served as Head of the Division from 2006 to 2009. He is currently a CNPq Productivity Fellow, Level 1B. He was a member of the CNPq Advisory Committee on Microbiology and Parasitology and serves as an ad-hoc consultant for CNPq, FAPESP, CAPES, Fundação Araucária, and FAPERGS. From 2003 to 2006, he was Vice President of the "International Society for Human and Animal Mycology - ISHAM." He has experience in medical mycology, focusing mainly on the immunodiagnosis of systemic and opportunistic mycoses using serological, immunoenzymatic, and molecular biology techniques. He is also interested in the epidemiology of mycoses and, in this regard, has established a network of collaborators across Brazil, in the states of Paraná, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Ceará, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais. He introduced to Brazil and Latin America the methodology for preparing P. brasiliensis exoantigen (reference antigen) for the diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis. He was the first to standardize the technique for detecting circulating antigens in paracoccidioidomycosis. The most studied fungi in his research are mainly Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Candida spp., Sporothrix schenckii, Coccidioides posadasii, and Trichosporon spp. His work combines classical eco-epidemiological approaches with molecular biology. Since 2010, he has focused on the Molecular Biology of pathogenic fungi, aiming to study the molecular epidemiology of the Sporothrix schenckii complex in Brazil, as well as aspects of fungal proteomics and immunoproteomics (immunome) of Sporothrix and Paracoccidioides species. Since 2017, his research has focused on studying the antigens of Paracoccidioides lutzii. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Traditionally, paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is known to be a deep mycosis caused by the thermodymorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. However, there are indications of other species of Paracoccidioides. One such species is P. lutzii, previously named Pb01-like. The other species are P. brasiliensis S1, PS2, PS3 and PS4, recently named P. brasiliensis sensu stricto, P. americana, P…
The fungi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Sporothrix schenckii are of a great interest in medical and biological areas. The first is the agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, an endemic disease in many regions of Latin America, mainly in Brazil. The second is the etiological agent of sporotrichosis, subcutaneous mycosis, a re-emergent disease in our environment, and nowadays constitutes a zo…
Fungal infections have been one of the main factors of morbidity and death in patients with various diseases. During the last years great progresses were obtained in the treatment of immunossupressed patients and the proportion of patients with complete cure and survival have been increased. Many oportunistic fungal infections are caused mainly by Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatu…
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Sporotrichosis is a neglected and emerging disease among humans and animals. The disease is caused upon traumatic introduction of Sporothrix into the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues of the host, with local lymphatic dissemination. Sporothrix often associated with mammals infection include S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii, S. globosa and S. luriei, which form a monophyletic clade called S.…
The paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic fungal infection with high prevalence in Latin America, especially in Brazil, focusing mainly in adults, males and rural workers. The etiologic agent is a thermodimorphic fungi belonging to the genus Paracoccidioides. Up to date, phylogenetic studies of agents of PCM were able to identify two distinct species: P. brasiliensis (with three cryp…
Traditionally, paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is known as being a deep mycosis caused by the thermo dymorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. However, there are some clues pointing to the existence of other Paracoccidioides species. One of these is the P. lutzii. The others not yet named are the S1, Ps2 and PS3 species. This disease is endemic to countries of Latin America and little…
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