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A mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing HISTOPLASMOSIS in humans and animals. Its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii. Its teleomorph is AJELLOMYCES capsulatus.
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D006658
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.381.440
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Histoplasma" by people in Profiles.
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Genotypic diversity, virulence, and molecular genetic tools in Histoplasma. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2024 Jun 27; 88(2):e0007623.
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Phenotypic characterization of cryptic species in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma. mSphere. 2024 Jun 25; 9(6):e0000924.
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Tracing histoplasmosis genomic epidemiology and species occurrence across the USA. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024 Dec; 13(1):2315960.
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Disseminated histoplasmosis with central nervous system involvement in a kidney transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 08; 25(4):e14033.
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An Indian lineage of Histoplasma with strong signatures of differentiation and selection. Fungal Genet Biol. 2022 01; 158:103654.
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Genome Sequences Reveal Cryptic Speciation in the Human Pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum. mBio. 2017 Dec 05; 8(6).
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Investigation of the cause of death in a gene-therapy trial. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 09; 361(2):161-9.
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Images in clinical medicine. Splenic and mediastinal calcifications in histoplasmosis. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jan 12; 354(2):179.
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Identification of constituents of human neutrophil azurophil granules that mediate fungistasis against Histoplasma capsulatum. Infect Immun. 2000 Oct; 68(10):5668-72.
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Disseminated histoplasmosis in an infant with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Infect. 1998 Nov; 37(3):298-301.