Molecular detection of airborne Emergomyces africanus, a thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen, in Cape Town, South Africa

• Ilan S. Schwartz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ilan.steven.schwartz@gmail.com

  ¶‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7522-0281

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• Josh D. McLoud ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Dilys Berman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Alfred Botha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Barbra Lerm,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

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• Robert Colebunders,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Estelle Levetin ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Chris Kenyon

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ISS and JDM contributed equally and share first authorship on this work. EL and CK contributed equally and are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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