Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans in Antwerp Zoo's nocturnal house

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 292-296

  Bauwens, L ^a,c   Vercammen, F ^a   Wuytack, C ^b   Van Looveren, K ^b   Swinne, D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Zoo Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Ecology; Lemniscomys barbarus; Striped grass mouse; Zoo

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LUNG; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; WOOD; WOODY STEM; YEAST; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BELGIUM; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MURIDAE; RODENT DISEASES; TREES;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; LEMNISCOMYS; LEMNISCOMYS BARBARUS; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 4344595582     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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