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DOI10.1016/j.funeco.2011.08.004
Molecular detection of Coccidioides spp. from environmental samples in Baja California: linking Valley Fever to soil and climate conditions
Baptista-Rosas, Raul C.1; Catalan-Dibene, Jovani; Romero-Olivares, Adriana L.; Hinojosa, Alejandro2; Cavazos, Tereza3; Riquelme, Meritxell
来源期刊FUNGAL ECOLOGY
ISSN1754-5048
EISSN1878-0083
出版年2012
卷号5期号:2页码:177-190
英文摘要

Coccidioidomycosis is an important human fungal infection of American deserts and nearby semi-arid regions with highly endemic areas distributed along the United States-Mexico border. Despite the increasing incidence in the last 20 yr, reports of positive isolations of the causal agent, Coccidioides spp. from environmental samples have been scarce. To resolve this paradox, it is extremely important to first identify the fundamental ecological niche of this fungus. Soil samples (n = 90) including those from heteromyids’ active burrows, latrines and other mammals’ dens were collected using an oriented sampling method from areas of Baja California, Mexico previously predicted as putative endemic "hotspots". The total genomic DNA obtained from the collected samples was subjected to a nested PCR followed by a diagnostic PCR designed to amplify the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 2 region of Coccidioides spp. From the 42 amplicons obtained and sequenced (37 from Valle de las Palmas (VDP) and five from San Jose de la Zorra (SJZ)), 32 were confirmed to belong to Coccidioides spp. No Coccidioides spp. were found in soils collected in Ensenada.


VDP and SJZ have different soil characteristics but share a Mediterranean climate having less than 250 mm of precipitation per year, as well as a dry period of at least 6 months. The development of Coccidioides spp. is probably related to the structure of the microbial population adapted to these conditions in the semi-arid-mediterranean ecotone. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd and The British Mycological Society. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Coccidioidomycosis Ecological niche Molecular diagnosis
类型Article
语种英语
国家Mexico
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000301633500008
WOS关键词SOUTHWESTERN UNITED-STATES ; NORTH-AMERICA ; WILD RODENTS. ; IMMITIS ; IDENTIFICATION ; DISEASE ; MEXICO ; SEASONALITY ; VARIABILITY ; OUTBREAKS
WOS类目Ecology ; Mycology
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Mycology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/172455
作者单位1.UABC, Sch Hlth Sci, Ensenada 22890, Baja California, Mexico;
2.Ctr Sci Res & Higher Educ Ensenada CICESE, Dept Geol, Geog Informat Syst & Remote Sensing Lab, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico;
3.Ctr Sci Res & Higher Educ Ensenada CICESE, Dept Phys Oceanog, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
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Baptista-Rosas, Raul C.,Catalan-Dibene, Jovani,Romero-Olivares, Adriana L.,et al. Molecular detection of Coccidioides spp. from environmental samples in Baja California: linking Valley Fever to soil and climate conditions[J],2012,5(2):177-190.
APA Baptista-Rosas, Raul C.,Catalan-Dibene, Jovani,Romero-Olivares, Adriana L.,Hinojosa, Alejandro,Cavazos, Tereza,&Riquelme, Meritxell.(2012).Molecular detection of Coccidioides spp. from environmental samples in Baja California: linking Valley Fever to soil and climate conditions.FUNGAL ECOLOGY,5(2),177-190.
MLA Baptista-Rosas, Raul C.,et al."Molecular detection of Coccidioides spp. from environmental samples in Baja California: linking Valley Fever to soil and climate conditions".FUNGAL ECOLOGY 5.2(2012):177-190.
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