Genomic Data Mining Reveals Abundant Uncharacterized Transporters in Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are causative agents of coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as Valley Fever. The increasing Valley Fever cases in the past decades, the expansion of endemic regions, and the rising azole drug-resistant ...
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Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Differentiation of Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii From Culture and Clinical Specimens [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) is a pulmonary and systemic fungal disease with increasing incidence and expanding endemic areas. The differentiation of etiologic agents Coccidioides immitis and C.
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A case report of Coccidioides posadasii meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent host [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background Coccidioides spp. are dimorphic fungi endemic to Central America, regions of South America and southwestern USA. Two species cause most human disease: Coccidioides immitis (primarily California isolates) and Coccidioides posadasii ...
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Characterization of the Growth and Morphology of a BSL-2 Coccidioides posadasii Strain That Persists in the Parasitic Life Cycle at Ambient CO2 [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Coccidioides is a dimorphic fungus responsible for Valley Fever and is the cause of severe morbidity and mortality in the infected population. Although there is some insight into the genes, pathways, and growth media involved in the parasitic to ...
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A chromosomal-level reference genome of the widely utilized Coccidioides posadasii laboratory strain “Silveira” [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2022 Coccidioidomycosis is a common fungal disease that is endemic to arid and semi-arid regions of both American continents.
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Population Structure and Genetic Diversity among Isolates of
mBio, 2019 Coccidioides posadasii is a pathogenic fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis in many arid regions of the Americas. One of these regions is bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and the surrounding landscape may play an important role in the dispersion of C ...
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Development and Optimization of Multi-Well Colorimetric Assays for Growth of Coccidioides posadasii Spherules and Their Application in Large-Scale Screening [PDF]
Journal of FungiCoccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, the causative agents of coccidioidomycosis, represent a major public health concern in endemic regions of North and South America.
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Genome Organization and Copy-Number Variation Reveal Clues to Virulence Evolution in Coccidioides posadasii [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 The human fungal pathogen Coccidioides spp. causes valley fever, a treatment-refractory and sometimes deadly disease prevalent in arid regions of the western hemisphere.
Claire A. Dubin +5 more
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Detection of Coccidioides posadasii in a patient with meningitis using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by dimorphic fungi Coccidioides spp. endemic to Southwestern United States and Central and South America.
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Linking the epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis and environmental exposure through targeted genomic enrichment of Coccidioides posadasii [PDF]
mBioValley fever, a disease caused by Coccidioides spp., is a fungal respiratory disease with an expanding range. Methods to culture the pathogen from soil, especially Coccidioides posadasii, are very challenging, limiting the genomics knowledge of ...
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