Journal
MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 3, Pages 301-304Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myaa083
Keywords
cats; Sporothrix brasiliensis; sporotrichosis; calmodulin; Brazil
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [306685/2015-9]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal
- [PTDC/MEC-MCI/29777/2017]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/MEC-MCI/29777/2017] Funding Source: FCT
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This study reported multiple cases of sporotrichosis in cats in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 2015 to 2019. It was found that there are multiple genetic variants of S. brasiliensis present in the region.
Sporotrichosis is a disease caused by thermally dimorphic fungi belonging to the Sporothrix schenckii complex. We report the occurrence of multiple cases of sporotrichosis in cats in Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, from 2015 to 2019. A set of 21 fungal isolates were collected and the partial sequence of calmodulin (CAL) gene compared. All isolates were identified at phenotypic and molecular level as S. brasiliensis. Phylogenetic analysis showed the isolates clustered in two distinct groups, suggesting the presence of multiple genetic variants of S. brasiliensis in the region.
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