Global Spread of Human Chromoblastomycosis Is Driven by Recombinant Cladophialophora carrionii and Predominantly Clonal Fonsecaea Species.

• Main Authors: Shuwen Deng (Author), Clement K M Tsui (Author), A H G Gerrits van den Ende (Author), Liyue Yang (Author), Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh (Author), Hamid Badali (Author), Ruoyu Li (Author), Ferry Hagen (Author), Jacques F Meis (Author), Jiufeng Sun (Author), Somayeh Dolatabadi (Author), Bernard Papierok (Author), Weihua Pan (Author), G S de Hoog (Author), Wanqing Liao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Global distribution patterns of Cladophialophora carrionii, agent of human chromoblastomycosis in arid climates of Africa, Asia, Australia, Central-and South-America, were compared with similar data of the vicarious Fonsecaea spp., agents of the disease in tropical rain forests. Population diversiti...