PCR detection of the Cryptococcus neoformans CAP59 gene from a biopsy specimen from a case of feline cryptococcosis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 439-442

  Kano, Rui ^a   Fujino, Yasuhito ^b   Takamoto, Nobuko ^b   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BLOOD PROTEINS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0035459561     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300516     Document Type: Article

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