The naked-tailed armadillo Cabassous centralis (Miller 1899): A new host to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Molecular identification of the isolate

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-280

  Corredor, Germán G ^a   Peralta, Luis A ^a   Castaño, John H ^a   Zuluaga, Juan S ^c   Henao, Beatriz ^d   Arango, Myrtha ^c,e   Tabares, Angela M ^c   Matute, Daniel R ^b,c   McEwen, Juan G ^e   Restrepo, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Cabassous centralis; Molecular identification; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; COLOMBIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

ARMADILLO; CABASSOUS; CABASSOUS CENTRALIS; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 20944443918     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780412331271090     Document Type: Article

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