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Epizootic and epidemic dermatophytose outbreaks caused byTrichophyton mentagrop...
Mesquita, João R.; Nóbrega, Carmen; Oliveira, Jorge; Coelho, Catarina; Vala, Helena; Fratti, Marina; Arabatzis, Michael; Velegraki, AristeaWe report an outbreak of dermatophytoses in rabbits, which was the origin of a dermatophytose epidemic in an agricultural school in central Portugal, affecting 15 people. Both the phenotypic characteristics and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence of the dermatophytes isolated from the rabbits and patients were identical, suggesting that a single strain was responsible for both the epizootic and epidemic ...
International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA ba...
Irinyi, Laszlo; Serena, Carolina; Garcia-Hermoso, Dea; Arabatzis, Michael; Desnos-Ollivier, Marie; Vu, Duong; Cardinali, Gianluigi; Arthur, IanHuman and animal fungal pathogens are a growing threat worldwide leading to emerging infections and creating new risks for established ones. There is a growing need for a rapid and accurate identification of pathogens to enable early diagnosis and targeted antifungal therapy. Morphological and biochemical identification methods are time-consuming and require trained experts. Alternatively, molecular methods, su...