Title
Molecular identification of Sporothrix species in a hyperendemic area in Peru
Date Issued
01 May 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
To date, there have been no molecular typing studies to identify the Sporothrix species circulating in Abancay, a hyperendemic area of sporotrichosis in Peru. To identify six clinical isolates of the Sporothrix schenckii complex from Abancay, Peru, we used PCR-sequencing of the calmodulin gene, and a phylogenetic analysis was conducted with these and additional sequences from GenBank. All clinical isolates were identified as S. schenckii (sensu stricto). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the six clinical isolates from Abancay, Peru clustered in a clade along with sequences from Costa Rica, Iran, South Africa, and four other sequences from Peru. These findings reveal the presence of S. schenckii (sensu stricto) in Abancay, Peru.
Start page
670
End page
673
Volume
14
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104049274
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Infection and Public Health
ISSN of the container
18760341
Sponsor(s)
“This research was funded by the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru , grant number N°-R-0372-2015-UNSAAC ” and “the APC was funded by the authors”.
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