Germination, viability and clearance of Stachybotrys chartarum in the lungs of infant rats

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Yike, Iwona ^a   Vesper, Stephen ^b   Tomashefski Jr , Joseph F ^c   Dearborn, Dorr G ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conidia of Stachybotrys chartarum; Germination and clearance in the lung; Infant rats; Infectivity; Toxicity; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DNA, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STACHYBOTRYS;

FUNGI; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 0344088335     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022924306264     Document Type: Article

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