The Marsupial Didelphis albiventris is an Improbable Host of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in an Endemic Area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 771-772

  Silva Vergara, M L ^a   Martinez, R ^b   Malta, M E B ^b   Ramirez, L E ^a   Franco, F A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Didelphis albiventris; Marsupial; Minas Gerais; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE VECTORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; MARSUPIALIA; MICE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; VISCERA;

EID: 0035433462     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000600004     Document Type: Article

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