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Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
Research Letter

Paracoccidioidomycosis after Highway Construction, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antonio C. Francesconi do Valle, Priscila Marques de MacedoComments to Author , Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Anselmo R. Romão, Marcia dos Santos Lazéra, and Bodo Wanke1
Author affiliations: Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (A.C. Francesconi do Valle, P. Marques de Macedo, R. Almeida-Paes, M. dos Santos Lazéra, B. Wanke); Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health, Rio de Janeiro (A.R. Romão)

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Metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, showing the Raphael de Almeida Magalhães Highway, also known as the Arco Metropolitano, and georeferenced cases of paracoccidioidomycosis (open circles) during highway construction. Inset shows location of metropolitan area in Rio de Janeiro State and of Rio de Janeiro State (circle) in Brazil. Source: Landsat 8 Images (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/).

Figure. Metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, showing the Raphael de Almeida Magalhães Highway, also known as the Arco Metropolitano, and georeferenced cases of paracoccidioidomycosis (open circles) during highway construction. Inset shows location of metropolitan area in Rio de Janeiro State and of Rio de Janeiro State (circle) in Brazil. Source: Landsat 8 Images (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/).

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1All authors contributed equally to this article.

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