Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study

Emmanuel Alves Soares; Márcia dos Santos Lazera; Bodo Wanke; Marcela de Faria Ferreira; Raquel Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira; Adeno Gonçalves Oliveira; Ziadir Francisco Coutinho

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007569

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Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study

Emmanuel Alves Soares,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Natan Portela Institute of Tropical Diseases, State Secretary of Health of Piauí, Departament of infectious disease, Teresina-PI, Brasil
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Márcia dos Santos Lazera,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Department of Mycology, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
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Bodo Wanke,

Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Department of Mycology, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
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Marcela de Faria Ferreira ,

Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: marcela.ferreira@ini.fiocruz.com.br

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Department of Mycology, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7595-7363

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Raquel Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira,

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Department of Mycology, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
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Adeno Gonçalves Oliveira,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Natan Portela Institute of Tropical Diseases, State Secretary of Health of Piauí, Departament of infectious disease, Teresina-PI, Brasil
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Ziadir Francisco Coutinho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Health Center Germano Sinval Farias, National School of Public Health/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Department of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
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Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study

Emmanuel Alves Soares,
Márcia dos Santos Lazera,
Bodo Wanke,
Marcela de Faria Ferreira,
Raquel Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira,
Adeno Gonçalves Oliveira,
Ziadir Francisco Coutinho

Published: July 29, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007569

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