Data from: Evidence for structure and variable recombination rates among Dutch populations of the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus ...

As the frequency of antifungal drug resistance continues to increase, understanding the genetic structure of fungal populations, where resistant isolates have emerged and spread, is of major importance. Aspergillus fumigatus is an ubiquitously distributed fungus and the primary causative agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA), a potentially lethal infection in immunocompromised individuals. In the last few years, an increasing number of A. fumigatus isolates has evolved resistance to triazoles, the primary drugs for treating IA infections. In most isolates, this multiple-triazole-resistance (MTR... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Klaassen, Corné H. W.
Gibbons, John G.
Fedorova, Natalie D.
Meis, Jacques S.
Rokas, Antonis
Dokumenttyp: dataset
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Verlag/Hrsg.: Dryad
Schlagwörter: Microbial Biology / Aspergillus fumigatus / modern times
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28980438
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7m0797t0

As the frequency of antifungal drug resistance continues to increase, understanding the genetic structure of fungal populations, where resistant isolates have emerged and spread, is of major importance. Aspergillus fumigatus is an ubiquitously distributed fungus and the primary causative agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA), a potentially lethal infection in immunocompromised individuals. In the last few years, an increasing number of A. fumigatus isolates has evolved resistance to triazoles, the primary drugs for treating IA infections. In most isolates, this multiple-triazole-resistance (MTR) phenotype is caused by mutations in the cyp51A gene, which encodes the protein targeted by the triazoles. We investigated the genetic differentiation and reproductive mode of A. fumigatus in the Netherlands, the country where the MTR phenotype probably originated, to determine their role in facilitating the emergence and distribution of resistance genotypes. Using 20 genome-wide neutral markers, we genotyped 255 Dutch ... : A. fumigatus population geneticsKlaassen et al. Dryad entry.txt ...