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Molecular epidemiology of human sporotrichosis in Venezuela reveals high frequency of Sporothrix globosa.
BMC infectious diseases - 25 Feb 2015
Camacho Emma, León-Navarro Isabel, Rodríguez-Brito Sabrina, Mendoza Mireya, Niño-Vega Gustavo A
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BACKGROUND: Sporotrichosis is a cutaneous and subcutaneous fungal disease of humans and other mammals, known to be caused by the Sporothrix schenckii species complex, which comprises four species of clinical importance: S. brasiliensis, S. globosa, S. luriei, and S. schenckii sensu stricto. Of them, S. globosa and S. schenckii s. str. show global distribution and differences in global frequency as causal agents...
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