Juliana Mariotti Guerra

Disseminated and fatal infection by Schizophyllum commune in a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) kept under human care in Brazil

Abstract Background Schizophyllum commune is an environmental basidiomycete increasingly recognized as an opportunistic pathogen in humans and domestic animals, whereas infections in wildlife remain rarely reported. In marine mammals, fungal infections involving the central nervo...

Tracking the spread of a naturally occurring Leishmania (L.) infantum mutant: a qPCR-based investigation in strains and clinical samples

Background The co-circulation of Leishmania ( Leishmania ) infantum strains carrying a naturally occurring 12 kb genomic deletion (DEL) and the wild-type (NonDEL) parasites in the Americas raises important challenges for epidemiological surveillance, molecular diagnostics, and th...