Phylogeography and evolutionary patterns in Sporothrix spanning more than 14 000 human and animal case reports

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Zhang, Y ^a,b   Hagen, F ^c   Stielow, B ^b   Rodrigues, A M ^d   Samerpitak, K ^b,e   Zhou, X ^f   Feng, P ^g   Yang, L ^b   Chen, M ^b,h   Deng, S ^h   Li, S ⁱ   Liao, W ^h   Li, R ^j   Li, F ^k   Meis, J F ^c,l   Guarro, J ^m   Teixeira, M ⁿ   Al Zahrani, H S ^o   de Camargo, Z Pires ^d   Zhang, L ^a   de Hoog, G S ^b,g,j,n,p,q   more..

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^k THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^o KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^q FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Historical biogeography; Phylogeny; Sapronosis; Sporothrix; Sporotrichosis; Transmission routes; Yeast conversion; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980533809     PISSN: 00315850     EISSN: 18789080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3767/003158515X687416     Document Type: Article

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