A Model for Trans-Kingdom Pathogenicity in Fonsecaea Agents of Human Chromoblastomycosis

The fungal genus Fonsecaea comprises etiological agents of human chromoblastomycosis, a chronic implantation skin disease. The current hypothesis is that patients acquire the infection through an injury from plant material. The present study aimed to evaluate a model of infection in plant and animal...

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Main Authors: Gheniffer Fornari, Renata Rodrigues Gomes, Juliana Degenhardt-Goldbach, Suelen Silvana dos Santos, Sandro Rogério de Almeida, Germana Davila dos Santos, Marisol Dominguez Muro, Cleusa Bona, Rosana Herminia Scola, Edvaldo S. Trindade, Israel Henrique Bini, Lisandra Santos Ferreira-Maba, Daiane Rigoni Kestring, Mariana Machado Fidelis do Nascimento, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima, Morgana F. Voidaleski, Douglas André Steinmacher, Bruna da Silva Soley, Shuwen Deng, Anamelia Lorenzetti Bocca, Moises B. da Silva, Claudio G. Salgado, Conceição Maria Pedroso e Silva de Azevedo, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Sybren de Hoog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02211/full