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Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects of sheep conidiobolomycosis in Brazil
Autores: | Weiblen,Carla; Pereira,Daniela Isabel Brayer; Dutra,Valéria; Godoy,Isabela de; Nakazato,Luciano; Sangioni,Luís Antonio; Santurio,Janio Morais; Botton,Sônia de Avila.
Data: | 2016-05-01
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Fungal infection; Ovine; Zygomycosis; Conidiobolus spp .
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: Conidiobolomycosis is an emerging disease caused by fungi of the cosmopolitan genus  Conidiobolus . Particular strains of  Conidiobolus coronatus, Conidiobolus incongruus and  Conidiobolus lamprauges , mainly from tropical or sub-tropical origin, cause the mycosis in humans and animals, domestic or wild. Lesions are usually granulomatous and necrotic in character, presenting two clinical forms: rhinofacial and nasopharyngeal. This review includes the main features of the disease in sheep, with an emphasis on the epidemiology, clinical aspects, and diagnosis of infections caused by Conidiobolus spp. in Brazil. In this country, the disease is endemic in the Northeast and Midwest, affecting predominantly woolless sheep breeds and occasioning death in the majority of the studied cases. The species responsible for infections of sheep are C. coronatus and C. lamprauges and the predominant clinical presentation is nasopharyngeal. These fungal infections are very important, since they compromise the health status of the sheep flock and cause serious economic losses to the sheep industry. Thus, research is needed to investigate faster tools for diagnosis and effective methods for the control and treatment of conidiobolomycosis.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000500839
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20150935
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.46 n.5 2016
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess