4 results on '"Anderson Messias Rodrigues"'
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2. A Spotlight on Sporothrix and Sporotrichosis
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Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Ferry Hagen, Zoilo Pires de Camargo, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, and Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Medical Mycology
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Mammals ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Sporothrix ,Animals ,Humans ,South America ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Sporotrichosis/diagnosis ,Sporotrichosis - Abstract
Sporothrix (order Ophiostomatales) comprises a genus with 53 species, of which S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii, S. globosa, and S. luriei cause skin infections in humans and other mammals. Remarkably, closely related Sporothrix can follow different strategies in epidemics. For example, during the cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, there is an increased prevalence of the highly virulent S. brasiliensis in South America, whereas S. schenckii and S. globosa are generally associated with a sapronotic route worldwide. Therefore, species-specific types of transmission may require distinct public health strategies to mitigate the advance of sporotrichosis, including early diagnosis, isolation of new animal cases, administration of adequate antifungal therapy, and population education on the main aspects of the disease. Here, we shed light on the system Sporothrix-sporotrichosis covering hot topics in the epidemiology and diagnosis of this important neglected disease.
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- 2022
3. The threat of emerging and re-emerging pathogenic Sporothrix species
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Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Paula Portella Della Terra, Rosane Orofino-Costa, and Zoilo Pires de Camargo
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,030106 microbiology ,Zoology ,Disease ,Cat Diseases ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Communicable Diseases, Emerging ,Disease Outbreaks ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medical microbiology ,Zoonoses ,medicine ,Animals ,Dermatomycoses ,Humans ,Infection Control ,Sporotrichosis ,biology ,Virulence ,Transmission (medicine) ,Sporothrix ,Zoonosis ,Outbreak ,Neglected Diseases ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Neglected tropical diseases ,Cats ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Brazil - Abstract
Sporotrichosis is a neglected subcutaneous mycosis of humans and animals acquired by traumatic inoculation of soil and plant material (classical route) contaminated with infectious propagules of the pathogen or being bitten/scratched by infected cats (alternative route). Within a genus composed of 53 species displaying an essentially environmental core, there are only a few members which have considerable impacts on human or animal health. Infections are typically caused by S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii or S. globosa. Rare mammal pathogens include members of the S. pallida and S. stenocereus complexes. To illustrate the tremendous impact of emerging zoonotic sporotrichosis on public health, we discuss the main features of the expanding epidemics driven by S. brasiliensis in cats and humans. The cat entry in the transmission chain of sporotrichosis, causing epizooties (cat-cat) or zoonosis (cat-human), has contributed to the definition of new paradigms in Sporothrix transmission, reaching epidemic levels, making the disease a serious public health problem. Indeed, S. brasiliensis infection in humans and animals is likely to become even more important in the future, with projections of its expansion in biogeographic domains and host range, as well as greater virulence in mammals. Therefore, lessons from a long-standing outbreak in the state of Rio de Janeiro about the source and distribution of the etiological agents among outbreak areas can be used to create better control and prevention plans and increase awareness of sporotrichosis as a serious emerging zoonotic disease.
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- 2019
4. Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto isolated from soil in an armadillo's burrow
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Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Eduardo Bagagli, Zoilo Pires de Camargo, and Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco
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Armadillos ,Antifungal Agents ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Zoology ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Phylogenetics ,biology.animal ,Botany ,medicine ,Sporothrix schenckii ,Animals ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Clade ,Phylogeny ,Soil Microbiology ,biology ,Sporotrichosis ,Paracoccidioidomycosis ,Sporothrix ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Dasypus novemcinctus ,Armadillo ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Brazil - Abstract
Sporotrichosis is a polymorphic disease of man and animals caused by traumatic implantation of propagules into the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Pathogenic species includes S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii, S. globosa and S. luriei. The disease is remarkable for its occurrence as sapronoses and/or zoonosis outbreaks in tropical and subtropical areas; although, the ecology of the clinical clade is still puzzling. Here, we describe an anamorphic Sporothrix strain isolated from soil in an armadillo's burrow, which was located in a hyper endemic area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil. This isolate was identified as S. schenckii sensu stricto (Clade IIa) based on morphological and physiological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of calmodulin sequences. We then discuss the role of the nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus as a natural carrier of Sporothrix propagules to better understand Sporothrix sources in nature and reveal essential aspects about the pathogen's eco-epidemiology.
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- 2014
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