Basidioboliasis in anurans in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 463-467

  Nelson, Rex T ^a,b   Cochrane, Bruce J ^a   Delis, Pablo R ^a,c   TeStrake, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anurans; Basidiobolus spp; Saprophytic fungi; Survey

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BASIDIOBOLUS; BUFO; BUFO QUERCICUS; BUFO TERRESTRIS; FUNGI; HYLA CINEREA; HYLA FEMORALIS; HYLA GRATIOSA; HYLA SQUIRELLA; OSTEOPILUS SEPTENTRIONALIS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; REPTILIA; UTRICULARIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FECES; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FECES; FLORIDA; VIRULENCE; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0036545538     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.463     Document Type: Article

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