Soil samples from sporotrichosis transmission belt area: Searching for fungal species and their antagonistic activity against Sporothrix brasiliensis

Soil samples from sporotrichosis transmission belt area: Searching for fungal species and their antagonistic activity against Sporothrix brasiliensis

Since 1998, the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has become a public health problem regarding sporotrichosis, a disease caused by Sporothrix spp. involving contact with infected cats. Efforts to isolate these species from environmental sources are not always successful. In our study, soil from resid...

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Main Authors: Gisela Lara da Costa, Isabella Escórcio Ferreira, Danielly Corrêa-Moreira, Anna Marinho, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Sandro Antônio Pereira, Cintia Moraes Borba, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
environment
soil
fungal interaction
phenotypic characterization
Sporothrix spp.
sporotrichosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1033969/full

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