Prevalence, serotypes and mating patterns of Cryptococcus neoformans in the pellets of different avifauna in Madras, India

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 310-314

  Gokulshankar, S ^a   Ranganathan, S ^a,c   Ranjith, M S ^a   Ranjithsingh, A J A ^b  

^a THE NEW COLLEGE   (India)

^b SRI PARAMAKALYANI COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Cryptococcus neoformans; Ecology; India; Mating pattern; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INFECTION RATE; MATING TYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED KERNEL; SEROTYPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FECES; INDIA; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 4344662890     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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