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dc.contributor.author | Cronje, Nadine![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Schwartz, Ilan S.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Retief, Liezl![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Bastos, Armanda D.S.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Matthee, Sonja![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Preiser, Wolfgang![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Nigel Charles![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Maphanga, Tsidiso![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Govender, Nelesh P.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Colebunders, Robert![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Kenyon, Chris![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-09T10:53:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | The ecological niche of Emergomyces africanus (formerly Emmonsia species), a dimorphic fungus that causes an AIDS-related mycosis in South Africa, is unknown. We hypothesized that natural infection with E. africanus occurs in wild small mammals. Using molecular detection with primers specific for E. africanus, we examined 1402 DNA samples from 26 species of mole-rats, rodents, and insectivores trapped in South Africa that included 1324 lung, 37 kidney, and 41 liver specimens. DNA of E. africanus was not detected in any animals. We conclude that natural infection of wild small mammals in South Africa with E. africanus has not been proven. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Mammal Research Institute | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Zoology and Entomology | en_ZA |
dc.description.embargo | 2019-06-01 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2018 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Finds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Slanderer. ISS was supported by the R. Samuel McLaughlin - Manitoba Medical Services Foundation and University of Manitoba Dean's Fellowship Fund; and a Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme award. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://academic.oup.com/mmy | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Cronje, N., Schwartz, I.S., Retief, L. et al. 2018, 'Attempted molecular detection of the thermally dimorphic human fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus in terrestrial small mammals in South Africa', Medical Mycology, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 510-513. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1369-3786 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1460-2709 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1093/mmy/myx065 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66827 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Medical Mycology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is : Attempted molecular detection of the thermally dimorphic human fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus in terrestrial small mammals in South Africa, Medical Mycology, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 510-513, 2018. doi : 10.1093/mmy/myx065, is available online at : https://academic.oup.com/mmy. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Emmonsiosis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Emmonsia | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Emergomycosis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Animal | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Ecology | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Lung | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Mycoses | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Chrysosporium | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Insectivora | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Mammals | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Mole rat | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Rodentia | en_ZA |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Infection | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Kidney | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Liver | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Pathogenic organism | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Dimorphic | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Fungi | en_ZA |
dc.title | Attempted molecular detection of the thermally dimorphic human fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus in terrestrial small mammals in South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |