Molecular detection of Histoplasma capsulatum in environmental samples collected from South African caves

• Tsidiso G. Maphanga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tsidisom@nicd.ac.za

  Affiliations Wits Mycology Division, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-4309

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• Rutendo E. Mapengo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wits Mycology Division, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Oresti Ventouras,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Subterranean Ecosystems Conservation Organization, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Serisha D. Naicker,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wits Mycology Division, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Nelesh P. Govender

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

  Affiliations Wits Mycology Division, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

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