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    Emergomyces africanus in soil, South Africa
    (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018-02) Schwartz, Ilan S.; Lerm, Barbra; Hoving, J. Claire; Kenyon, Chris; Horsnell, William G.; Basson, W. Joan; Otieno-Odhiambo, Patricia; Govender, Nelesh P.; Colebunders, Robert; Botha, Alfred
    We detected Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungus that causes an HIV-associated systemic mycosis, by PCR in 18 (30%) of 60 soil samples from a wide range of habitats in South Africa. Direct and indirect culture techniques were unsuccessful. Experimental intraperitoneal inoculation of conidia induced murine disease.