Triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatu s isolated from a tomato production environment exposed to propiconazole.

Alejandra M Jimenez MadridRaees Ahmad PaulFrancesca RotondoLoic DeblaisGireesh RajashekaraSally A MillerMelanie L Lewis Ivey

Published in: Applied and environmental microbiology (2024)

The agricultural use of azole fungicides to control plant diseases has been implicated as a major contributor to ARAf infections in humans. Our study did not reveal imposition of selection pressure for ARAf in a vegetable production system. However, more surveillance studies for ARAf in food crop production and other environments are warranted in understanding this public and One Health issue.

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public health
healthcare
climate change
human health
risk assessment
single cell
gene expression
health information
cell wall