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 …

Detection of Pneumocystis and Morphological Description of Fungal Distribution and Severity of Infection in Thirty-Six Mammal Species

C Weissenbacher-Lang, B Blasi, P Bauer, D Binanti… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pneumocystis spp. are thought to adapt to the lungs of potentially all mammals. However,
the full host range, fungal burden and severity of infection are unknown for many species. In …

Pneumocystis Colonization in Dogs Is as in Humans

P Danesi, M Petini, C Falcaro, M Bertola… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pneumocystis is an atypical fungus that resides in the pulmonary parenchyma of many
mammals, including humans and dogs. Immunocompetent human hosts are usually …

First Molecular Detection of Pneumocystis spp. in the Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)

B Kureljušić, V Milićević, D Ćirović… - The Journal of …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Forty-six golden jackals (Canis aureus) were collected between November 2020 and
February 2021 in five counties of Serbia. Lung samples were screened for the presence of …

Predicting Species Boundaries and Assessing Undescribed Diversity in Pneumocystis, an Obligate Lung Symbiont

SJ Babb-Biernacki, JA Esselstyn, VP Doyle - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Far more biodiversity exists in Fungi than has been described, or could be described in
several lifetimes, given current rates of species discovery. Although this problem is …

Humans are selectively exposed to pneumocystis jirovecii

OH Cissé, L Ma, C Jiang, M Snyder, JA Kovacs - Mbio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Environmental exposure has a significant impact on human health. While some airborne
fungi can cause life-threatening infections, the impact of environment on fungal spore …

Development of Highly Efficient Universal Pneumocystis Primers and Their Application in Investigating the Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Pneumocystis in Wild …

L Ma, I Lin, ST Hunter, B Blasi, P Danesi… - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite its ubiquitous infectivity to mammals with strong host specificity, our current
knowledge about Pneumocystis has originated from studies of merely 4% of extant …

Rethinking host range in Pneumocystis

SJ Babb-Biernacki, JA Esselstyn, VP Doyle - PLoS pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Fungi in the genus Pneumocystis are obligate biotrophs and opportunistic pathogens of
mammal lungs. They are notable for their high degree of host specificity; it is often argued …

[PDF][PDF] Humans Are Selectively Exposed to Pneumocystis jirovecii.” mBio 11: e03138‐19

OH Cissé, L Ma, C Jiang, M Snyder, JA Kovacs - 2020 - researchgate.net
Environmental exposure has a significant impact on human health. While some airborne
fungi can cause life-threatening infections, the impact of environment on fungal spore …