Molecular detection of airborne Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen, in Cape Town, South Africa

Emergomyces africanus is a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes a systemic mycosis in immunocompromised persons in South Africa. Infection is presumed to follow inhalation of airborne propagules. We developed a quantitative PCR protocol able to detect as few as 5 Es. africanus propagules per day....

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Ilan S., McLoud, Josh D., Berman, Dilys, Botha, Alfred, Lerm, Barbra, Colebunders, Robert, Levetin, Estelle, Kenyon, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5800596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29357352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006174

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5800596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29357352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006174

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