ArticleCurrent medical mycology2021
Epidemiology of fungal diseases in Africa: A review of diagnostic drivers.
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- Helminth Immune Modulation and Invasive Fungal Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Management and outcome of intracranial fungal infections in children and adults in Africa: a scoping review.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- Diagnostic options for pulmonary fungal diseases in Africa.ERJ open research · 2023Article
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- Current situation of fungal diseases in Eritrea.Mycoses · 2022Article
- Fungal CNS Infections in Africa: The Neuroimmunology of Cryptococcal Meningitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Fungal diseases in Africa: epidemiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic advances.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
background and purposeThere has been a significant increase in the burden of fungal diseases in the last few decades which has imposed a global threat to the health of humans, animals, and plants. Epidemiology of fungal diseases is not completely understood in Africa. Most of these diseases are under-reported or not reported at all mainly due to the challenges related to the availability of and access to fungal diagnostics and the lack of human resources in clinical and diagnostic mycology across the continent. Therefore, it is imperative to highlight the epidemiology of the endemic and epidemic of emerging and re-emerging fungal diseases as well as their diagnostic challenges in Africa based on the available data. Moreover, it is important to underline the existing gaps in this regard as well. MATERIALS AND
methodsFor the purposes of the study, Medline and Google Scholar were searched to retrieve articles on these prominent fungal diseases, as well as their etiologies and available diagnostics.
resultsIt was found that histoplasmosis and other AIDS-associated mycoses have been reported in Africa, including blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and paracocci-dioidomycosis. Other reported infections were fungal neglected tropical diseases, especially sporotrichosis, dermatophytosis, mycetoma, and chromoblastomycosis as well as emerging fungal diseases, such as
conclusionSerious fungal diseases are common in Africa; however, the true burden remains unknown.
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