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ArticleMicrobial ecology2022

Genetic Diversity and Azole Resistance Among Natural Aspergillus fumigatus Populations in Yunnan, China.

Duanyong Zhou, Ruirui Wang, Xiao Li, Bin Peng, Guangzhu Yang, Ke-Qin Zhang, Ying Zhang, Jianping Xu

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Article in Microbial ecology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Duanyong ZhouState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Ruirui WangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Xiao LiState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Bin PengCollege of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Guangzhu YangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Ke-Qin ZhangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Ying ZhangState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. yzh_1210@hotmail.com.
Jianping XuState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, and Key Laboratory for Southwest Microbial Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650032, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. jpxu@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-2780
Yunnan University · CN

Funding

Department of Education of Guizhou Province KY2018412McMaster University 2020R3National Natural Science Foundation of China 31760010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence and spread of azole resistance alleles in clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus is a global human health concern and endangers the "One Health" approach in our fight against antifungal resistance (AFR) in this pathogen. A major challenge to combat AFR in A. fumigatus is the massive aerial dispersal ability of its asexual spores. Our recent fine-scale survey of greenhouse populations of A. fumigatus near Kunming, Yunnan, China, suggested that the use of azole fungicides for plant protection was likely a major driver of the high-frequency azole-resistant A. fumigatus (ARAF) in greenhouses. Here, we investigated the potential spread of those ARAF and the structure of geographic populations of A. fumigatus by analyzing 452 isolates from 19 geographic locations across Yunnan. We found lower frequencies of ARAF in these outdoor populations than those in greenhouses near Kunming, but there were abundant new alleles and new genotypes, including those associated with azole resistance, consistent with multiple independent origins of ARAF across Yunnan. Interestingly, among the four ecological niches, the sediments of a large lake near Kunming were found to have the highest frequency of ARAF (~ 43%). While most genetic variations were observed within the 19 local populations, statistically significant genetic differentiations were found between many subpopulations within Yunnan. Furthermore, similar to greenhouse populations, these outdoor populations of A. fumigatus in Yunnan were significantly different from those in other parts of the world. Our results call for increased attention to local and regional studies of this fungal pathogen to help develop targeted control strategies against ARAF.

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Aspergillus fumigatusAzolesAntifungal AgentsChinaGenetic VariationHumansAntifungal AgentsAzolesAzole resistanceFungicideGenetic enrichmentIndependent originUnique allele

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PMID34279697
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