Sub-clinical infection and asymptomatic carriage of Cryptococcus gattii in dogs and cats during an outbreak of cryptococcosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 511-516

  Duncan, Colleen ^a   Stephen, C ^b   Lester, S ^c   Bartlett, K H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Centre for Coastal Health   (Canada)

^c Central Laboratory for Veterinarians   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cat; Cryptococcus gatti; Dog

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; SEASHORE; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 28244494544     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500036019     Document Type: Article

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