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Leila M. Lopes-Bezerra
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliations Lab. Cellular Mycology and Proteomics, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-7597
Louise A. Walker
Roles Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation: MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Gustavo Niño-Vega
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology
Affiliations Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela
Héctor M. Mora-Montes
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation: Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México
Gabriela W. P. Neves
Roles Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation: Lab. Cellular Mycology and Proteomics, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hector Villalobos-Duno
Roles Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela
Laura Barreto
Roles Data curation
Affiliation: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas, Venezuela
Karina Garcia
Roles Methodology
Affiliation: Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México
Bernardo Franco
Roles Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation: Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México
José A. Martínez-Álvarez
Roles Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation: Departamento de Biología, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., México
Carol A. Munro
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision
Affiliation: MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Neil A. R. Gow
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Affiliation: MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United KingdomAbstract
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by pathogenic species of the Sporothrix genus. A new emerging species, Sporothrix brasiliensis, is related to cat-transmitted sporotrichosis and has severe clinical manifestations. The cell wall of pathogenic fungi is a unique structure and impacts directly on the host immune response. We...