@article{70ea796a70b043d79953d99c1b537c8e,
title = "Emergomyces Africanus in soil, South Africa",
abstract = "We detected Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes an HIV-associated systemic mycosis, by PCR in 18 (30%) of 60 soil samples from a wide range of habitats in South Africa. Direct and indirect culture techniques were unsuccessful. Experimental intraperitoneal inoculation of conidia induced murine disease.",
author = "Schwartz, {Ilan S.} and Barbra Lerm and Hoving, {J. Claire} and Chris Kenyon and Horsnell, {William G.} and Basson, {W. Joan} and Patricia Otieno-Odhiambo and Govender, {Nelesh P.} and Robert Colebunders and Alfred Botha",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the contributions of Kim Hoek and Mae Newton-Foot for help with primer design, Andrew Whitelaw for laboratory support, Kim Tutt for guidance on the animal inoculation protocol, Marco Botha for creating the map used in Figure 1, and Kristine Schwartz and the students of Alfred Botha{\textquoteright}s biology class for help with sample collection. This study was funded by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlaanderen (G.0514.14N). I.S.S. was supported by an Association of Medical Microbiologists and Infectious Diseases Physicians (AMMI) Canada-Astellas Post-Residency Fellowship (2015) and a grant from the R. Samuel McLaughlin-Manitoba Medical Services Foundation and University of Manitoba Dean{\textquoteright}s Fellowship Fund (2016). J.C.H. is funded by the South African National Research Foundation and Carnegie Corporation. Funding Information: This study was funded by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek–Vlaanderen (G.0514.14N). I.S.S. was supported by an Association of Medical Microbiologists and Infectious Diseases Physicians (AMMI) Canada – Astellas Post-Residency Fellowship (2015) and a grant from the R. Samuel McLaughlin– Manitoba Medical Services Foundation and University of Manitoba Dean{\textquoteright}s Fellowship Fund (2016). J.C.H. is funded by the South African National Research Foundation and Carnegie Corporation. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
doi = "10.3201/eid2402.171351",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "377--380",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "2",
}