Pulmonary aspergillosis outbreak in Rhea americana in Southern Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-271

  Copetti, Marina V ^a   Segabinazi, Stefanie D ^a   Flores, Maristela L ^a   Alves, Sydney H ^a   Santurio, Janio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Fungi; Great rhea; Pulmonary aspergillosis; Rhea americana

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; FUNGI; GALLIFORMES; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; RHEIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RHEA;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; RHEIFORMES;

EID: 3242695392     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000024172.64372.47     Document Type: Article

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