Magdalena Florek, Agnieszka Korzeniowska-Kowal, Anna Wzorek, Katarzyna Włodarczyk, Maja Marynowska, Aleksandra Pogorzelska, Maria Brodala, Sebastian Ploch, Daniel Buczek, Katarzyna Balon, Urszula Nawrot
Fungi belonging to the Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii species complex (CNGSC) are etiological agents of serious and not infrequently fatal infections in both humans and animals. Trees are the main ecological niche and source of potential exposition concerning these pathogens. With regard to epidemiology of cryptococcosis, various surveys were performed worldwide, enabling the establishment of a map of distribution and genetic structure of the arboreal population of the CNGSC. However, there are regions, among them Central and Eastern Europe, in which the data are lacking...
December 22, 2021: Pathogens