title: Aspergillus and aspergilloses in wild and domestic animals: a global health concern with parallels to human disease.
abstract: The importance of aspergillosis in humans and various animal species has increased over the last decades. Aspergillus species are found worldwide in humans and in almost all domestic animals and birds as well as in many wild species, causing a wide range of diseases from localized infections to fatal disseminated diseases, as well as allergic responses to inhaled conidia. Some prevalent forms of animal aspergillosis are invasive fatal infections in sea fan corals, stonebrood mummification in honey bees, pulmonary and air sac infection in birds, mycotic abortion and mammary gland infections in cattle, guttural pouch mycoses in horses, sinonasal infections in dogs and cats, and invasive pulmonary and cerebral infections in marine mammals and nonhuman primates. This article represents a comprehensive overview of the most common infections reported by Aspergillus species and the corresponding diseases in various types of animals.
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ErasmusMC, the Netherlands Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Invasive Fungi Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran S.Seyedmousavi@gmail.com.
authors: Seyedmojtaba
authors: S
authors: Seyedmousavi
authors: Department of Parasitology-Mycology, Dynamyc Research Group, EnvA, UPEC, UPE, École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors: Jacques
authors: J
authors: Guillot
authors: Department of Animal Production, Dynamyc Research Group, EnvA, UPEC, UPE, École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France.
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Arné
authors: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Peking University Health Science Center, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Beijing, China, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, and King Abdullaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: G Sybren
authors: GS
authors: de Hoog
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ErasmusMC, the Netherlands Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors: Johan W
authors: JW
authors: Mouton
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors: Willem J G
authors: WJ
authors: Melchers
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors: Paul E
authors: PE
authors: Verweij
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014943:Global Health
keywords: Animals; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus