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Detection of Coccidioides posadasii from xerophytic environments in Venezuela reveals risk of naturally acquired coccidioidomycosis infections

Primavera AlvaradoLaboratorio de MicologíaServicio Autonomo Instituto de Biomedicina Dr. Jacinto Convit4043CaracasVenezuela

Marcus de Melo TeixeiraPathogen and Microbiome InstituteNorthern Arizona University86011FlagstaffAZUSA

Lela AndrewsEnvironmental Genetics and Genomics LaboratoryNorthern Arizona University86011FlagstaffAZUSA

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7057-9957

Alexis FernandezLaboratorio de Inmunología IIServicio Autónomo Instituto de Biomedicina Dr. Jacinto Convit4043CaracasVenezuela

Gerardo SantanderLaboratory GeomaticsUniversidad Bolivariana de Venezuela1040CaracasVenezuela

Adina DoyleDivision of Pathogen GenomicsTranslational Genomics Research Institute-North86005FlagstaffAZUSA

Magaly PerezLaboratory GeomaticsUniversidad Bolivariana de Venezuela1040CaracasVenezuela

Francisco YegresLaboratorio de Investigación y Apoyo Docente del Santa Ana (LIADSA)Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda (UNEFM)4101CoroVenezuela

Bridget Marie BarkerPathogen and Microbiome InstituteNorthern Arizona University86011FlagstaffAZUSACorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-4517

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Pages 1-13 | Received 21 Aug 2017, Accepted 29 Jan 2018, Published online: 29 Mar 2018

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