Emmonsiosis of subterranean rodents (Bathyergidae, Spalacidae) in Africa and Israel

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 691-697

  Hubálek, Zdenek ^a,e   Burda, H ^b   Scharff, A ^b   Heth, G ^c   Nevo, E ^c   Sumbera R ^d   Pesko J ^a   Zima, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e UBO AVCR   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adiaspiromycosis; Adiasporomycosis; Cryptomys; Emmonsia; Heliophobius; Mole rats; Spalax

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; ISRAEL; LONGEVITY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALAWI; MICROHABITAT; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RAT; RODENT; SOCIAL LIFE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; FEMALE; ISRAEL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MOLE RATS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SPALAX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; COETOMYS ANSELLI; CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; EMMONSIA; EMMONSIA PARVA; FUNGI; HELIOPHOBIUS; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; RODENTIA; SPALACINAE; SPALAX; SPALAX GALILI; SPALAX GOLANI;

EID: 33644790554     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500179553     Document Type: Article

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