The epidemiology and mating behavior of Arthroderma benhamiae var. erinacei in household four-toed hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) in Japan

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Takahashi, Yoko ^a   Sano, Ayako ^a   Takizawa, Kayoko ^a   Fukushima, Kazutaka ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroderma benhamiae var. erinacei; Epidemiology; Four toed hedgehog; Mating; Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEDGEHOG; JAPAN; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGENY; SIBLING; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA SIMII; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; ATELERIX ALBIVENTRIS; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; FUNGI; RODENTIA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0037280287     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.44.31     Document Type: Article

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