Comparison of virulence between clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 778-780

  Aufauvre Brown, A ^a   Brown, J S ^a   Holden, D W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MICE; MUTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032437995     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050184     Document Type: Article

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