New records of Histoplasma capsulatum from wild animals in the Brazilian amazon

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 273-277

  Naiff, Roberto Daibes ^a   Barrett, Toby Vincent ^a   Naiff, Maricleide De Farias ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Carlos De Lima ^b   Arias, Jorge Ramon ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Unidade de Medicamentos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Enzootic histoplasmosis; Sex related prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HISTOPLASMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; OPOSSUM; RODENT; SKIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; LIVER; MALE; MAMMALS; OPOSSUMS; RODENTIA; SKIN;

EID: 0030178148     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651996000400006     Document Type: Article

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