Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) as carrier of dermatophyte fungi

Mycopathologia

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Gallo, M G ^a   Tizzani, P ^a   Peano, A ^a   Rambozzi, L ^a   Meneguz, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Eastern cottontail; Leporidae; Microsporum canis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORUM; RABBIT; SEASON; TRICHOPHYTON; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CARRIER STATE; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MICROSPORUM; RABBITS; SEASONS; TRICHOPHYTON; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA UNCINATUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; RODENTIA; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TERRESTRE;

EID: 25444478570     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-6619-x     Document Type: Article

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