Publications by authors named "Jimmy Steven Velasquez"
Article Synopsis
- Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection affecting humans, primarily caused by various species of the Sporothrix genus, with the aim of this study being to analyze its prevalence in the Americas over the last decade.*
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- The research involved an extensive search of medical articles from 2012 to 2022, revealing 124 studies related to 12,568 patients, with the majority of cases reported in South America (87.38%), particularly in Brazil, Peru, and Mexico.*
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- Findings indicate a higher prevalence in regions with conducive environmental factors and zoonotic transmission, while the most common infection type was lymphocutaneous; however, molecular diagnostic methods remain underdeveloped due to costs.*
