Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Common Reservoirs for Penicillium marneffei Infection in Humans and Rodents, China

Cunwei Cao, Ling Liang

, Wenjuan Wang, Hong Luo, Shaobiao Huang, Donghua Liu, Jianping Xu, Daniel A. Henk, and Matthew C. Fisher

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China (C. Cao, L. Liang, W. Wang, H. Luo, D. Liu); The Fourth Hospital of Nanning, Nanning (S. Huang); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (J. Xu); Imperial College, London, UK (D.A. Henk, M.C. Fisher)

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Spatial distribution of sampling sites for Penicillium marneffei, Guangxi Province, People’s Republic of China. 1, Bose; 2, Hechi; 3, Nanning; 4, Liuzhou; 5, Guigang; 6, Guiling; 7, Luchan; 8, Hezhou; Black signifies origin of human-associated isolates, and red signifies origin of bamboo rat–associated isolates; both types were found in some sites.

Figure 1. Spatial distribution of sampling sites for Penicillium marneffei, Guangxi Province, People’s Republic of China. 1, Bose; 2, Hechi; 3, Nanning; 4, Liuzhou; 5, Guigang; 6, Guiling; 7, Luchan; 8, Hezhou; Black signifies origin of human-associated isolates, and red signifies origin of bamboo rat–associated isolates; both types were found in some sites.

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