Cryptococcosis in tree shrews (Tupaia tana and Tupaia minor) and elephant shrews (Macroscelides proboscides)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-181

  Tell, Lisa A ^a,b   Nichols, Donald K ^a   Fleming, Warren P ^a,c   Bush, Mitchell ^a,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kingston Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Elephant shrew; Fungus; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SCANDENTIA; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; MALE; TUPAIA; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0031155411     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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