Fungal infections are still underappreciated and their prevalence is underestimated, which
renders them a serious public health problem. Realistic discussions about their distribution …

Tropical mycoses vary from the commonplace to the rare and exotic but they are seen
regularly even as imported conditions and it is important to consider the diagnosis, where …

Metagenomics uses nucleic acid sequencing to characterize species diversity in different
niches such as environmental biomes or the human microbiome. Most studies have used …

Lobomycosis is a subcutaneous mycosis of chronic evolution caused by the Lacazia loboi
fungus. Its distribution is almost exclusive in the Americas, and it has a particularly high …

From 2003 to 2015, 360 free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon (IRL, n= 246), Florida, and coastal waters of Charleston …

Cetaceans, which are integral to marine ecosystems, face escalating anthropogenic threats,
including climate change and pollution, positioning them as critical sentinel species for …

Lobomycosis, also called paracoccidioidomycosis ceti, is a chronic mycotic cutaneous
disease affecting odontocetes. Lobomycosis-like disease (LLD) has a clinical presentation …

Free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (n= 360) from two southeastern US estuarine sites
were given comprehensive health examinations between 2003 and 2015 as part of a multi …

Infections caused by the fungal pathogen Lacazia loboi were first reported in 1931 by Jorge
de Oliveira Lobo in a human with granulomatous skin lesions in Pernambuco, Brazil. Early …

Anthropogenic impacts in estuarine systems can influence marine mammal habitat use,
population dynamics, fitness, and mortality events. The objective was to examine habitat use …