Cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii VGII in southeast Brazil: The One Health approach revealing a possible role for domestic cats

Two cats infected by C. gattii, presented lesions on the nasal region and respiratory signs. Strains were typed as molecular type VGII, mating type alpha, MLST subtypes ST442 and ST185. Since Rio de Janeiro is known as an endemic area for C. neoformans VNI, these cases might be a warning for a possi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Brito-Santos, Fábio, Reis, Rosani Santos, Coelho, Rowena Alves, Almeida-Paes, Rodrigo, Pereira, Sandro Antônio, Trilles, Luciana, Meyer, Wieland, Wanke, Bodo, Lazéra, Márcia dos Santos, Gremião, Isabella Dib Ferreira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.004
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Sumario:Two cats infected by C. gattii, presented lesions on the nasal region and respiratory signs. Strains were typed as molecular type VGII, mating type alpha, MLST subtypes ST442 and ST185. Since Rio de Janeiro is known as an endemic area for C. neoformans VNI, these cases might be a warning for a possible emergence of C. gattii VGII in southeast Brazil.

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