Population Structure and Genetic Diversity among Isolates of Coccidioides posadasii in Venezuela and Surrounding Regions
ABSTRACT Coccidioides posadasii is a pathogenic fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis in many arid regions of the Americas.One of these regions is bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and the surrounding landscape may play an important role in the dispersion of C.posadasii across South America through southeastern Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezue