Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa

Schwartz, Ilan S.; Lerm, Barbra; Hoving, J. Claire; Kenyon, Chris; Horsnell, William G.; Basson, W. Joan; Otieno-Odhiambo, Patricia; Govender, Nelesh P.; Colebunders, Robert; Botha, Alfred

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Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa

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Feb 2018
By Schwartz, Ilan S. ; Lerm, Barbra ; Hoving, J. Claire ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Schwartz, Ilan S. ; Lerm, Barbra ; Hoving, J. Claire ; Kenyon, Chris ; Horsnell, William G. ; Basson, W. Joan ; Otieno-Odhiambo, Patricia ; Govender, Nelesh P. ; Colebunders, Robert ; Botha, Alfred
Description:

We detected Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes an HIV-associated systemic mycosis, by PCR in 18 (30%) of 60 soil samples from a wide range of habitats in South Africa. Direct and indirect culture techniques were unsuccessful. Experimental intraperitoneal inoculation of conidia induced murine disease.
Subjects:

Animals Ascomycota/isolation & Purification Dispatch Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice, Inbred C57BL Mycoses/microbiology Soil Microbiology
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(2):377-380.
Pubmed ID:

29350144
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5782882
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

South Africa
Location:

Africa
Volume:

24
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:1400fd60f4873ccf8836b38ffacb3d874b85cad456ab6413b50538fcf3162d2c
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