Seasonal 4-year investigation into the role of the alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) as a carrier of zoophilic dermatophytes

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-379

  Gallo, Maria Grazia ^a   Lanfranchi, P ^b   Poglayen, G ^c   Calderola, S ^d   Menzano, A ^a   Ferroglio, E ^a   Peano, A ^a  

^a Sezione Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Patologia Generale   (Italy)

^c Sezione di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie   (Italy)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine marmot; Burrow soil; Dermatophytes; Microsporum canis; Zoonotic agents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MICROSPORUM COOKEI; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SCIURIDAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CARRIER STATE; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; MARMOTA; MICROSPORUM; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TRICHOPHYTON; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA CAJETANI; ARTHRODERMA UNCINATUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; RODENTIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 22744432048     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400008282     Document Type: Article

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