Geographical distribution of genetic polymorphism of the pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum isolated from infected bats, captured in a central zone of Mexico

FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2005 Sep 1;45(3):451-8. doi: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.019.

Abstract

Fourteen Histoplasma capsulatum isolates recovered from infected bats captured in Mexican caves and two human H. capsulatum reference strains were analyzed using random amplification of polymorphic DNA PCR-based and partial DNA sequences of four genes. Cluster analysis of random amplification of polymorphic DNA-patterns revealed differences for two H. capsulatum isolates of one migratory bat Tadarida brasiliensis. Three groups were identified by distance and maximum-parsimony analyses of arf, H-anti, ole, and tub1 H. capsulatum genes. Group I included most isolates from infected bats and one clinical strain from central Mexico; group II included the two isolates from T. brasiliensis; the human G-217B reference strain from USA formed an independent group III. Isolates from group II showed diversity in relation to groups I and III, suggesting a different H. capsulatum population.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera / microbiology*
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Histoplasma / classification*
  • Histoplasma / genetics*
  • Histoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Histoplasmosis / epidemiology
  • Histoplasmosis / microbiology
  • Histoplasmosis / veterinary*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
  • Reference Standards
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Fungal Proteins