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| Title |
Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis spp. co-infection in wild bats from Argentina, French Guyana, and Mexico
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-14-23 |
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| Authors |
Antonio E González-González, Cécile M Aliouat-Denis, José A Ramírez-Bárcenas, Christine Demanche, Muriel Pottier, Laura E Carreto-Binaghi, Haroon Akbar, Sandra Derouiche, Magalie Chabé, El Moukhtar Aliouat, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Maria Lucia Taylor |
| Abstract |
Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis organisms cause host infections primarily affecting the lung tissue. H. capsulatum is endemic in the United States of America and Latin American countries. In special environments, H. capsulatum is commonly associated with bat and bird droppings. Pneumocystis-host specificity has been primarily studied in laboratory animals, and its ability to be harboured by wild animals remains as an important issue for understanding the spread of this pathogen in nature. Bats infected with H. capsulatum or Pneumocystis spp. have been found, with this mammal serving as a probable reservoir and disperser; however, the co-infection of bats with both of these microorganisms has never been explored. To evaluate the impact of H. capsulatum and Pneumocystis spp. infections in this flying mammal, 21 bat lungs from Argentina (AR), 13 from French Guyana (FG), and 88 from Mexico (MX) were screened using nested-PCR of the fragments, employing the Hcp100 locus for H. capsulatum and the mtLSUrRNA and mtSSUrRNA loci for Pneumocystis organisms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 18% |
| Unknown | 11 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 32% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 16% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
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