Environmental conditions favoring bat infection with Histoplasma capsulatum in Mexican shelters

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 914-919

  Taylor, M L ^a,b   Chavez Tapia C B ^b   Vargas Yanez R ^c   Rodriguez Arellanes G ^a   Pena Sandoval G R ^c   Toriello, C ^a   Perez A ^a   Reyes Montes, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; INTESTINE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MEXICO; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA; ARTIBEUS HIRSUTUS; FUNGI; LEPTONYCTERIS NIVALIS; MORMOOPS MEGALOPHYLLA; MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS; NATALUS STRAMINEUS; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII;

EID: 17544404497     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.914     Document Type: Article

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