Main endemic focus of penicilliosis due to Talaromyces marneffei

Talaromyces marneffei (ex Penicillium marneffei) is responsable for a fearsome pathology, parasitizing mononuclear phagocytic system, specially in immunocompromised patients and animals (bamboo rats). Now its geographic distribution includes Viet Nam, Thaïland, Hong-Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, India and the south of China. – Diagram realised from a projection of Mercanti –