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Human cases mainly concern moderately inflammatory tinea corporis and tinea capitis, but, as cases of highly inflammatory ringworm are also observed, the question arises as to whether all lineages of<jats:italic>M. canis<\/jats:italic>are equally virulent to humans. In this study, two microsatellite markers were developed and used to analyse a global set of 101<jats:italic>M. canis<\/jats:italic>strains to reveal patterns of genetic variation and dispersal. Using a Bayesian and a distance approach for structuring the<jats:italic>M. canis<\/jats:italic>samples, three populations could be distinguished, with evidence of recombination in one of them (III). This population contained 44\u200a% of the animal isolates and only 9\u200a% of the human strains. Population I, with strictly clonal reproduction (comprising a single multilocus genotype), contained 74\u200a% of the global collection of strains from humans, but only 23\u200a% of the animal strains. 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