Meta-Analysis and Systematic Literature Review of the Genus Pneumocystis in Pet, Farm, Zoo, and Wild Mammal Species

C Weissenbacher-Lang, A Grenl, B Blasi - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
A systematic literature search on Pneumocystis in 276 pet, farm, zoo, and wild mammal
species resulted in 124 publications originating from 38 countries that were analyzed …

Retracing the evolution of Pneumocystis species, with a focus on the human pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii

OH Cissé, L Ma, JA Kovacs - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Every human being is presumed to be infected by the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii at least
once in his or her lifetime. This fungus belongs to a large group of species that appear to …

Mycobiome analyses of critically ill COVID-19 patients

D Weaver, S Gago, M Bassetti, DR Giacobbe… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated pulmonary aspergillosis
(CAPA) is a life-threatening complication in patients with severe COVID-19. Previously …

Coccidioidomycosis seasonality in California: a longitudinal surveillance study of the climate determinants and spatiotemporal variability of seasonal dynamics, 2000 …

AK Heaney, SK Camponuri, JR Head… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Coccidioidomycosis, an emerging fungal disease in the western USA, exhibits
seasonal patterns that are poorly understood, including periods of strong cyclicity …

Insights into some onygenalean fungi from freshwater sediments in Spain and description of novel taxa

D Torres-Garcia, J Gené, D García, JF Cano-Lira - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the course of a project investigating culturable Ascomycota diversity from freshwater
sediments in Spain, we isolated 63 strains of cycloheximide-resistant fungi belonging to the …

Effects of climate change on fungal infections

SL Williams, M Toda, T Chiller, JM Brunkard… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Climate change significantly impacts atmospheric, ecological, agricultural, and societal
systems. Documented increases in global temperature, extreme precipitation, and the …

The Impact of Climate Change on Human Fungal Pathogen Distribution and Disease Incidence

P Salazar-Hamm, TJ Torres-Cruz - Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to compile the current knowledge on the
impact of climate change on human pathogenic fungi. Ongoing surveillance of the fungal …

Comparison of fungal and bacterial microbiomes of bats and their cave roosting environments at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA

JJM Hathaway, PS Salazar-Hamm… - Geomicrobiology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The arrival in North America of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a devastating fungal
disease in bats, has emphasized the necessity of a comprehensive understanding of the …

Choclo virus (CHOV) recovered from deep metatranscriptomics of archived frozen tissues in natural history biorepositories

PS Salazar-Hamm, WL Johnson… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Hantaviruses are negative-stranded RNA viruses that can sometimes cause
severe disease in humans; however, they are maintained in mammalian host populations …

The Ecology of Pathogenic Onygenales Fungi and the Impacts of Climate Change

ET Luberto, ML Ramsey, DR Kollath - Current Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Onygenalean fungi have the potential to cause disease in
vertebrates, including humans, due to their possession of various virulence factors. The risk …